The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Wasantha Samarasinghe explained that co-operatives are governed both by the Ministry and by devolved provincial authorities, and said he would examine the member’s concerns and respond. He noted that some co-operatives have not formed general councils even after elections were fully won, and said the Ministry is intervening to strengthen and guide the co-operative movement. He also undertook to look into the issue raised regarding Bingiriya, in the context of the Bingiriya Export Processing Zone factories.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, on your second supplementary: two legal frameworks operate with co-operatives—the functions under our Ministry and the devolved functions under Provincial Councils and Governors. I will examine the specific matters you raised and respond appropriately. In some co-operatives even where 100% was won, general councils have not been constituted; we are intervening to strengthen and guide the movement. I will look into the Bingiriya issue and provide a response.
¶ 02 Bingiriya Export Processing Zone: Factories
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Thursday, 6 February 2025 ·No. 1739271735020022 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/672
Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2025. No. 1739271735020022. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/672