The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna questioned the Government’s response to alleged corruption involving foreign funds, arguing that failure to act would deter foreigners from coming to Sri Lanka. Referring to discussions on licences for foreign tourists to drive three-wheelers, he said the House should also address alleged misuse of foreign aid and stated that he had submitted five corruption-related documents. He claimed that no corruption case had yet been uncovered in the Northern Province under the current Government, citing large renovation expenditures on rented houses as examples.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please bear with me. My key point is that if the Anura Government does not act against such looting of foreign funds, how will people abroad come to our country? We are talking about licences for foreign tourists to drive three-wheelers, but we must also talk about how foreign aid is being stolen. I have submitted five documents related to corruption in this House. Thus far, in the Northern Province, this Anura Government has not uncovered a single case of corruption. A house was rented for a year and Rs. 20 million spent on renovation; another house had Rs. 7.3 million spent.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 November 2025. No. 22786. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12015