The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake
Chamara Sampath Dasanayake challenged the Minister’s statement that no funds were received for the Centre, citing reports that USD 166,000, or Rs. 49.8 million, had been received without Department of External Resources approval in 2019. He requested that the Minister recheck the briefing and account for the funds, alleging that work worth even Rs. 12 million had not been completed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, my first supplementary question is this.
¶ 02 Hon. Minister, in your answer you said no funds were received; that countries providing assistance did not provide monies. However, it is reported that USD 166,000 — Rs. 49.8 million — has been given. Please check properly regarding this Centre. DIG Renuka Jayasundara was in charge here. Normally, approval from the Department of External Resources is necessary to receive foreign assistance. As I understand, in 2019 no such approval was obtained, yet Rs. 49.8 million was received. Please recheck the information given to you; I am not sure whether you were properly briefed. I can provide the full details if needed. I state that not even Rs. 12 million’s worth of work has been done out of the Rs. 49.8 million. What do you have to say, Hon. Minister?
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Cite as: The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 March 2026. No. 23376. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5094