Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake informed Parliament that the Cabinet had approved a new economic relief package in response to difficulties arising from fuel price issues, following work by a special committee appointed by the President under Minister Upali Pannilage. He said the President would present the package to Parliament at noon and requested that the Committee on Parliamentary Business be scheduled for 12.30 p.m.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, at the Cabinet meeting yesterday, we proposed a new economic relief package.
¶ 02 As you are aware, with the fuel price issue there can be economic difficulties affecting the people. A special committee under Minister Upali Pannilage has been established by the President to address this. Today at 12.00 noon, the Hon. President will come to Parliament and present the relief package approved by the Cabinet yesterday.
¶ 03 Hon. Speaker, since the President will arrive at 12.00 noon, I request that the Committee on Parliamentary Business be scheduled at 12.30 p.m.
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Cite as: Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 April 2026. No. 23476. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/423