The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe questioned the Government on energy sector management, referring to earlier Opposition allegations of coal procurement fraud and claiming that about 15 coal shipments were not arriving. He also alleged that payments had been outstanding for five months to around 390 wind, solar and hydropower companies, amounting to over Rs. 12 billion, and called for an explanation. He criticised the Government’s broader economic performance, citing low growth and reserves.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I just stood up to speak.
¶ 02 Please pay attention to this specific issue. Minister Harshana Nanayakkara knows the Opposition kept raising the coal fraud. You denied it. Eventually it came out. Now around 15 ships are not arriving. Answer that. You have failed to pay for five months to about 390 companies engaged in wind, solar, and hydropower—over Rs. 12 billion. Let someone answer that. What is your performance? Economic growth is around two point something; reserves are very low.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 5 May 2026 ·No. 23546 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19910