The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka
Anura Karunathilaka stated that the President’s Fund is intended to support poor people with health and urgent needs, while acknowledging concerns about its misuse. He said that no action had been taken from 2014 to 2025 to verify whether scholarship recipients had returned or fulfilled their obligations, and undertook to gather information on agreements and compliance before taking appropriate action.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, as you said, the President’s Fund exists to assist poor people for health and other urgent needs. However, as you noted, the misuse of the Fund has been widely discussed here and publicly, and details have been revealed. From 2014 to 2025, no action has been taken regarding whether those scholars returned, if they completed their obligations, and, if not, why not. We will ascertain concrete information on whether agreements existed, whether they returned or not, and take appropriate action accordingly. We will proceed on that.
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Cite as: The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 August 2025. No. 1754902606038704. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27778