Hon. S.M. Marikkar
Hon. S.M. Marikkar questioned whether loan or payment obligations, particularly instalments added during the 2014 Rajapaksa period, could be renegotiated or rearranged. He also raised concerns about SriLankan Airlines’ Colombo–London and Colombo–Melbourne routes, alleging a potential conflict of interest after the airline’s Chairman resigned and a company associated with him began operating on those routes as a local agent, and asked the Minister to respond.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I am not satisfied. There can be rearrangement or renegotiation, especially regarding excessive installments added during the 2014 Rajapaksa period. Responsibility requires examining and seeking a rearrangement.
¶ 02 My second supplementary: SriLankan’s highest revenue route is Colombo–London; second is Colombo–Melbourne, yielding about USD 30 million and USD 14 million respectively. The Chairman resigned last week, and immediately the company he worked with began services on Colombo–Melbourne and also UK–Colombo. Since his company is the local agent, there is a conflict of interest and intellectual property concern. As Minister, can you respond?
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Cite as: Hon. S.M. Marikkar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 April 2026. No. 23476. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/478