The Hon. S.M. Marikkar
S.M. Marikkar rejected attempts to divert responsibility to events under the Rajapaksa administration and said the current Government holds the relevant executive, local authority and parliamentary power to act. He alleged corruption in a shipping-related agreement, citing delayed arrivals of nine or more ships, the Attorney-General’s advice that the agreement could be terminated, and the Government’s decision instead to avoid termination or penalties and grant an extension.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 All right.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, I will not give him the answers he wants. They think we must dance to their tune. We are not ready for that. If something happened in 2014-2015—under the Rajapaksa administration—go and find it. Now the Government is yours, the President is yours, most of the local authorities are yours, two-thirds of Parliament is yours. Hon. Presiding Member, answer the argument I raised. Corruption is reflected when all nine ships arrive later than the dates in the Agreement. Not nine, even eleven. When the Attorney-General has advised there is capacity to terminate under the Agreement, and yet you do not terminate, you do not levy penalties, you reschedule and grant another week—if that is not corruption, then prove there is no corruption.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 4 March 2026 ·No. 23360 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. S.M. Marikkar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 March 2026. No. 23360. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13518