The Hon. J.C. Alawathuwala
J.C. Alawathuwala raised a supplementary question on pension anomalies affecting retirees from 2016 to 2020, noting that they had been informed the correction would be added from January 2020 but that it was later deferred by circular under the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration. He asked what action the Government has taken, given earlier statements by the President and Hon. Wijitha Herath that resolving this anomaly was a priority.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary: There are multiple anomalies. Chief among them is that retirees between 2016 and 2020 were given letters stating the anomaly would be corrected and added to their pension from January 2020, but the then Government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa deferred it by circular. Before the recent election, the President and Hon. Wijitha Herath stated in this House that addressing the anomaly for 2016–2020 retirees is a priority. What actions have been taken?
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Cite as: The Hon. J.C. Alawathuwala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2025. No. 1749010823009957. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25759