Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara questioned the Government’s earlier statements that fuel taxes, including around Rs. 50 per litre, were unfair and would be reduced. He asked whether those assurances were inaccurate or whether the Government still intends to reduce the taxes, noting that five months had passed without action and requesting a timeframe for any reduction.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, your Government repeatedly spoke about taxes on fuel prices, saying Rs. 50 per litre and even more is being charged, and that you would reduce these taxes. You even issued Gazettes to say fuel taxes would not be reduced. You said you would reduce the Rs. 50 tax. Former Minister Hon. Kanchana Wijesekera kept giving figures. Were these statements false? Or will you actually reduce fuel taxes? It has been five months since such statements were made but nothing has happened. Since you called these unfair taxes, when will you reduce the taxes on fuel?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 ·No. 1740219460090985 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 February 2025. No. 1740219460090985. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13