The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera
The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera ruled that the member’s follow-up question was not a valid supplementary because the original question concerned vehicle permits, while the new issue related to foreign reserves. He clarified that Sri Lanka’s reserves stood at USD 6.8 billion as of 31 December, not USD 6 billion, but declined to answer further under that question as it was outside the relevant subject matter.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, the question you raise is not a supplementary to your original question. Your original question was about vehicle permits. Now you are asking a different question. Therefore, this question is not relevant to the original question you raised.
¶ 02 Hon. Member, you also referred to foreign reserves. Our reserves are not USD 6 billion; they have been increased to USD 6.8 billion as at 31 December of last year. Since the issue you raise is not related to permits, it is not relevant to provide an answer to that under this question.
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Cite as: The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8700