The Hon. Nishantha Perera
Hon. Nishantha Perera spoke during the debate on the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure’s Head of Expenditure, emphasizing that national prosperity depends on addressing issues in the plantation sector, including tea, cinnamon, coconut and other crops. He noted the sector’s importance as a major foreign-exchange earner and responded to Opposition criticisms of current crises by implying that they also bear responsibility for those longstanding challenges.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, thank you for the time to join the debate on the Head of Expenditure of the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure.
¶ 02 Under the theme “A Prosperous Country – A Beautiful Life,” we cannot achieve prosperity or beautiful lives by neglecting plantations. Plantations are a mainstay, with tea and cinnamon prominent—both major dollar earners with long histories. Today Hon. Opposition Members spoke about the crisis and challenges in tea, cinnamon, coconut, and other plantation crops. I say this to the Opposition: you do not need a mirror placed before you to say these things…
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Cite as: The Hon. Nishantha Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 March 2025. No. 1744281136023320. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26512