The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake thanked the Supreme Court Bench for its judgment on the X-Press Pearl incident, noting its significance and the impact of the disaster on Sri Lanka. He stated that the Court had ordered compensation of US$1 billion and commended the judges, including a retiring senior justice, for acting within the law to safeguard national interests before moving the adjournment of the House.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, before adjourning the House, I wish to place on record my thanks to the Bench of Justices for today’s historic judgment regarding the X-Press Pearl incident. The X-Press Pearl tragedy had a massive impact on Sri Lanka. After a comprehensive process, the Supreme Court has delivered an excellent judgment ordering a compensation of one billion US dollars. We thank the Bench, including the Senior Justice retiring, for safeguarding national interests within the ambit of the law. With that appreciation, I now move that the House be adjourned.
¶ 02 Adjournment
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 July 2025. No. 1754382585021621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11194