The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara asked whether the Government would prioritize vehicle permit issuance for about 1,900 retired eligible officials who had not received permits, noting that only 729 permits had been issued annually despite around 20,000 eligible officials. He proposed issuing permits to retirees first, for example 100 per month, before addressing other eligible applicants, and sought clarification in light of differing statements made by the President on whether the permit scheme would continue.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, my first supplementary: In recent years a maximum of 729 permits per year have been issued, whereas about 20,000 officials are eligible and around 1,900 have already retired without receiving a permit. Since an officer is entitled to only one permit upon retirement, will you prioritize issuing permits to the approximately 1,900 retirees first—say, 100 per month—to gradually clear the backlog and reduce dollar outflows via official channels rather than private remittances? The President pledged during elections that permits would not be abolished, yet later said permits are over. Will you implement a plan to issue permits first to these 1,900 and thereafter to the rest?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 3 February 2026 ·No. 23252 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8697