The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Namal Rajapaksa argued that the Government’s promised fuel relief for the fisheries sector, including the stated Rs. 150 fuel relief, had not reached fishers despite rising fuel costs. He said required technology and implementation processes were lacking, and cited Department of Census and Statistics data to claim that previous Budget allocations had not translated into village-level outcomes, casting doubt on the implementation of the current year’s Budget promises.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairperson.
¶ 02 You claim fuel relief—yet nothing tangible reaches the fisher. Your talk of Rs. 150 relief on fuel has not been delivered. With rising fuel costs, fishers cannot remain viable. Technology and processes needed are absent. Looking at your allocated funds and actual village-level outcomes, Department of Census and Statistics data shows you failed to implement what last year’s Budget required for the people. Hence, this year’s promises will also stall.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 26 November 2025 ·No. 22993 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 26 November 2025. No. 22993. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22055