The Hon. Mujibur Rahman
Mujibur Rahman criticized post-2005 Hambantota development projects undertaken by the Rajapaksas with Chinese loans, describing facilities such as conference halls, wide roads, and the port as “white elephants.” He argued that institutions like the Asian Development Bank and World Bank would not have funded such projects.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will finish. After 2005, with your support, the Rajapaksas undertook many blunder projects in Hambantota with Chinese loans—conference halls, wide roads, the port—many turned into white elephants. But ADB and World Bank don’t fund such projects. Thank you for the time.
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- Hansard, Friday, 7 March 2025 ·No. 1743066559006904 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Mujibur Rahman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 March 2025. No. 1743066559006904. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17936