Sunil Handunneththi, Member of the Political Bureau of the JVP, says that the President and the Minister of Finance are sacrificing the country’s resources for the interests of the United States as they are citizens of that country.
He said this speaking to the media after the JVP filed a petition in the Supreme Court today (26th) against the agreement to transfer the shares and gas supply of the Kerawalapitiya LNG power plant to an American company.
Mr Handunnetti and Mr Wasantha Samarasinghe, another Member of the Central Committee of the JVP, are appearing as petitioners in the petition.
They are requesting the court to issue a writ order to cancel the agreement signed to transfer 40% of the shares of the Kerawalapitiya power plant and the monopoly supply of gas to the Sri Lankan company New Fortress Energy as illegal.
Speaking to the media, Mr Handunnetti said, “No one knows about this agreement today. The Parliament has not seen it. The cabinet does not know, and even the judiciary has not seen it.
The Minister in charge of the subject has also opposed.
Therefore, the people of the country have a right to know the truth about this agreement. We request the Hon. Court to annul the agreement which was signed without the knowledge of Parliament, the Cabinet of Ministers and the judiciary.
If the President is an American citizen and the Minister of Finance is an American citizen, they work for their country. We do not have the right to let them destroy the resources of our country that belong to the future generations of our country.” Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala, a member of the JVP Central Committee, was also present at the occasion.
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