Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Hon. Kumara Jayakody clarified that the project had not been cancelled, but that Cabinet had revoked the previous decision of 28 August 2023 to sign the agreement and was reviewing the matter. He said the Adani Group had informed the BOI of an intention to withdraw, though no final position had been received, and offered to table the local company’s letter if the issue was formally raised. He stated that the previous Government had treated the project as a G2G arrangement, while the current Cabinet was seeking to regularize the process.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, let me clarify. We have clearly stated earlier that the project was not cancelled. What we have done is to revoke, through the Cabinet, the earlier decision of 28.08.2023 to sign the agreement. Since assuming office, the Cabinet has proceeded to review the matter. Meanwhile, the Adani Group sent a letter to the BOI indicating intent to withdraw. We have not yet received a definitive final position beyond that. Their local company has written to us. If a formal issue is raised in the House, I can table that letter; I did not bring it today as it was not strictly tied to the listed question. We are studying it and will proceed accordingly. It was the previous Government’s Cabinet that accepted it as G2G, not us. We are acting to regularize it through the Cabinet process.
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Cite as: Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 March 2025. No. 1744281136023320. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26390