The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka raised concerns about the treatment of senior citizens, noting that a previous 15% special interest benefit for private-sector EPF holders had been reduced despite promises of an additional 5%, and was now at 7.5%. He also criticized continuing public queues, specifically for rice and passports, as evidence of unresolved service and supply issues.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will take one more minute from our side.
¶ 02 Senior citizens are a valued group who served the nation. In the private sector, EPF is deposited. In our time, we gave 15% special interest; it was later reduced. You said you would add 5% more, but now it is reduced to 7.5%.
¶ 03 Lastly, now it’s an age of queues — rice queues; passport queues still continue.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 9 January 2025 ·No. 1738229262040729 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2025. No. 1738229262040729. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23798