The Hon. Dewananda Suraweera
Dewananda Suraweera questioned why the winding up of the three Maga Neguma entities, decided in March 2023, had not been completed due to ongoing litigation and court-mediated proceedings. He asked why, despite the entities remaining neither closed nor sold, public funds continued to be spent, including an alleged Rs. 2.5 million per day in legal fees.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I thank the Hon. Minister for the detailed replies. My first supplementary is this. You said the decision to close the three Maga Neguma entities was taken in March 2023. Yet closure has not been completed, mainly due to a case filed to prevent winding up, with a mediator appointed by court. Thus, the institution is neither closed nor sold. Meanwhile, without implementing the court decision, Rs. 2.5 million per day is being paid to lawyers while the company, meant to be wound up, continues to use public funds. Why is this so?
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Cite as: The Hon. Dewananda Suraweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12116