The Hon. S.M. Marikkar
Hon. S.M. Marikkar clarified that, as Chair, he had verbally instructed the Committee Secretary two weeks earlier to obtain information from Lanka Coal Company on its tender procedures, but the company had not been invited due to an oversight. He stated that a letter dated 2026.04.02 requesting the information had been sent and was tabled, and that when company representatives attended after being contacted, they declined to speak and the matter was not discussed. He rejected the accuracy of another Member’s claims on the issue.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I must clarify. He mentioned my name; give me the opportunity.
¶ 02 As Chair, I instructed the Committee Secretary verbally two weeks ago to obtain information from Lanka Coal Company regarding its tender procedures. Due to an oversight, they were not invited to attend, but a letter dated 2026.04.02 was sent requesting information. I table that letter.
¶ 03 Subsequently, I called them yesterday; they came but did not wish to speak on it. We allowed that and did not discuss it. Therefore, the Member’s claims are inaccurate.
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Cite as: The Hon. S.M. Marikkar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2026. No. 23475. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28639