The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe clarified that his earlier response to Hon. Oshaanee Umanga on 6 January explained the distinction between the EPF and ETF and did not state that the EPF would be converted into a pension. He said his remarks had been misrepresented, and reaffirmed that while the Government aims to provide pensions for private and semi-government sector workers, this does not involve converting the EPF into a pension.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Ravi Karunanayake referred to me. To clarify: on the 6th, in response to a question from Hon. Oshaanee Umanga, I explained the difference between EPF and ETF. I did not say EPF would be converted into a pension. What I said has been repeatedly misrepresented.
¶ 02 To be clear, the EPF is for social security. Our focus is to provide pensions for the private and semi-government sectors, but we did not say we are converting EPF into a pension.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14435