Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Hon. Sajith Premadasa clarified that, during his tenure as Minister of Housing and Construction, the bridge projects in question were funded by the Ministry and implemented through State entities such as SD&CC, not private companies. He stated that the works were halted because the Government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stopped the entire bridge programme after the 2019 Presidential Election.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, a clarification: I was the Minister of Housing and Construction then. These projects were executed with Ministry funds through State entities, not private firms—specifically through SD&CC and related State corporations. The main reason works were halted was that, after the 2019 Presidential Election, the Government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stopped the entire bridge programme. All such contracts were with State entities.
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Cite as: Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 March 2025. No. 1743759139093629. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18924