Don't proceed with H'tota lease: Handunnetti tells MS

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COPE Chairman and JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti today requested President Maithrirpala Sirisena not to go ahead with the signing of the lease agreement to hand over of the Hambantota Port to a Chinese Company.

He requested him to at least present the agreement in Parliament so that the people would know its contents.
In a letter to the President, Mr. Handunnetti said the Government is morally bound to reveal the conditions stipulated in the agreement when state property was handed over to a foreign company and it was also the people's right to know because none of those involved in this transaction would be alive in 99 years.

He said this was a clear case of the government being responsible for the future generation as well and added that one reason for electing President Sirisena was to oppose the secret and illegal deals of the Rajapaksa regime and to take legal action against them.

“People had strongly objected to the handing over of state property and contracts to fraudsters by the previous regime. One of your main election slogans was to ensure transparency and corruption-free governance. But people and parliament are unaware of the agreement to hand over the Hambantota port with less than two weeks to do so. We do not know why these secret transactions were not considered as deals,” he said in the letter.

Mr. Handunnetti said the handing over of the Hambantota Port on a 99-year lease was a serious matter as it was an important sector in the national economy and national security. (Ajith Siriwardana)

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Shelly. Tuesday, 27 December 2016 06:02 PM

Handunhetti is playing for Ranil when he says the ageement should be submitted to Parliement before implementation. Ranil has no difficulty at all in doing so. via DM Android App

Shan Tuesday, 27 December 2016 06:30 PM

Thanks for your patriotic gesture to appeal to president on behalf of the nation. One who loves the country has great Sense of belonging.

Chamara Tuesday, 27 December 2016 06:31 PM

Every politician who talks about "national assets" wants to keep them for their private benefit. Don't expect any change in future.

ceylonese Tuesday, 27 December 2016 06:55 PM

give empty lands and create there industries.jvp is still in dream world. via DM Android App

JANS Tuesday, 27 December 2016 06:59 PM

MS Sir please take Honest Decision as Transparency Required First N need to be develop Eastern Part via DM Android App

shantha.gamlath@yahoo.com Tuesday, 27 December 2016 07:04 PM

Large segment of country people have not represented on that kind of objections. Asked them what is the alternative. First of all they should come out from the well frog ideology.

Jaya Tuesday, 27 December 2016 07:08 PM

Is it the peoples voice of Sri Lanka ???

yashy Tuesday, 27 December 2016 08:18 PM

This jvp people will never allow our country to be developed so sad via DM iOS App

Adwani Tuesday, 27 December 2016 08:50 PM

The JVP distributed chits (thunduwa) during 1989 and brought the whole island to standstill and now he is giving advise to MS to be a good person.

Mevan Wednesday, 28 December 2016 05:14 AM

Where were JVP fellows when MR wanted to give and not lease part of the to Chinese.

Yehiya Wednesday, 28 December 2016 08:28 AM

Peoples are suffering without jobs. All the young generation plan to leave the country or ride a three wheels.Please think positively. Politicians are the disaster for our mother land.

dulan Wednesday, 28 December 2016 08:31 AM

It was not a national asset but a national liability.Give the Mattala airport too

rew Wednesday, 28 December 2016 08:40 AM

Where indeed were these barking .... when MR was operating as if he owned the country and its people?

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