The Hon. S.M. Marikkar
Hon. S.M. Marikkar questioned the Minister about the limited issuance of deeds, stating that only 167 out of 5,000 had been issued despite an earlier assurance that all would receive deeds. He asked whether Colombo residents who stopped paying housing instalments after former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s instruction at a deed-giving ceremony are now required to pay the arrears demanded by the Urban Development Authority.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, out of 5,000, only 167 deeds have been issued. The former President said all will get deeds; that was false.
¶ 02 My supplementary: At the deed-giving ceremony, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Colombo residents to stop paying instalments. People therefore stopped paying. Now arrears have accrued and the UDA is sending letters demanding arrears. Should people pay or not?
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Cite as: The Hon. S.M. Marikkar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2025. No. 1739175806099814. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26788