The Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Hon. Ajith P. Perera questioned the Prime Minister on the Government’s response to the Supreme Court judgment of 24 July 2025 relating to the environmental damage from the MV X-Press Pearl disaster. He sought details on implementation of the Court’s orders, the status of related proceedings in the Singapore International Commercial Court and the Admiralty Court in London, and measures to prevent future marine pollution. He also asked what steps the Government would take to ensure greater transparency in the ongoing international litigation.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I pose the following question to the Hon. Prime Minister:
¶ 02 1) Is the Hon. Prime Minister aware that on 24th July, 2025 the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka delivered judgment in cases SC/FR 168/2021, SC/FR 176/2021, SC/FR 184/2021 and SC/FR 277/2021 concerning environmental damage caused by the fire and destruction of the vessel “MV X-Press Pearl” around 20th May, 2021 in Sri Lankan waters?
¶ 03 2) What steps has the Government taken to implement the orders and recommendations in that judgment?
¶ 04 3) What is the current status of the loss and damage action filed by the Government of Sri Lanka before the Singapore International Commercial Court?
¶ 05 4) What is the present status of the Limitation of Liability Proceedings before the Admiralty Court in London?
¶ 06 5) What steps have been taken to prevent a recurrence of such severe marine environmental pollution?
¶ 07 This is one of the most severe environmental disasters in our country. The former Government took the wrong path and had to go for a legal remedy as an outcome. After this landmark judgment, what decisions is the present Government taking? Matters in London and Singapore remain opaque; what will the Government do to end this opacity?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 September 2025. No. 1758017450079419. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10665