Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva
Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva challenged Hon. Nalin Hewage’s denial that he had claimed a Toyota Vitz could be imported for about Rs. 1.2 million, citing a Newswire article dated 2 November 2024. He placed the article in the Library and said it referred to removing taxes and other barriers to make such an import possible.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you very much, Hon. Presiding Member. That is what I mean—responsible people; the Chief Government Whip of the Government.
¶ 02 Hon. Nalin Hewage said he never claimed that a Vitz car could be given for Rs. 1.2 million. Here is a Newswire article dated 2024.11.02 that I am placing in the Library.
¶ 03 It says, “You can bring a Vitz for Rs. 1.29 million; but because of taxes and BOI/board issues, you cannot import it. We will remove the tax,” etc. If necessary, I can play the video here. I do not need to play it. I will not stoop that low. So do not tell lies as convenient.
¶ 04 [Placed in the Library.]
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- Hansard, Saturday, 22 February 2025 ·No. 1741001658041256 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 February 2025. No. 1741001658041256. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25087