The Hon. Roshan Akmeemana
Hon. Roshan Akmeemana stated that the Budget prioritizes modernization of public and rail transport rather than privatization, and proposes strengthening state-owned enterprises through a holding company to generate returns without selling profitable assets. He said the Government will address public service staffing gaps, allocate record funds to education and health, increase Aswesuma and research and development funding, and pursue a model based on economic democracy, social justice, and environmental quality.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Apologies, Hon. Deputy Speaker—30 seconds to finish.
¶ 02 We allocate to modernize public and rail transport, not privatize it. We strengthen SOEs via a holding company to generate returns, instead of selling profitable assets. We recruit to fix gaps in public service. Record funds go to education and health. We increase Aswesuma, R&D, and focus our model on economic democracy, social justice, and environmental quality. We have laid the first steps in this Budget. Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. Roshan Akmeemana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 February 2025. No. 1741258607035810. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26648