The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law

¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, we must now ask from the Leader of the House for time, since we can’t obtain time from the Speaker. Leader of the House, please give a little time. Thank you if you do.

¶ 02 Hon. Minister, before this decision, there was a decision to raise the cap to 640. I have the Board paper and can WhatsApp it to you. Considering the Court of Appeal’s ruling, you have discussed this, but no final decision has come. Yesterday, all dealers at the meeting raised their hands to say they will not accept this. After the QR code was introduced, consumption reduced: earlier daily petrol (Octane 92) was about 4,500 metric tons and diesel about 5,500 MT; now much lower. On 27.02.2025, Octane 92 orders were about 1,900 MT and Lanka Auto Diesel about 2,100–2,200 MT. Therefore please discuss with them. We don’t want to embarrass the Government; discuss before implementing, otherwise further litigation will halt this.