9 October 2020 04:23 am
The proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement will be signed only after studying and subjecting it into Sri Lankan law, a government MP told Parliament yesterday.
Government MP and former Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told the House that the government will follow a transparent approach with regard to the proposed MCC agreement.
Accordingly, he said the most important objections that have been made against the agreement would be looked into before signing it.
“One of the most important objections raised against the MCC agreement is that it is only subjected to international law. The government, therefore, is working towards making it subjected to local law,” he said.
"The previous government had an extensive discussion on the agreement initially bringing all state institutions to the table. However they were not called for any discussion thereafter," the MP said.
"The Attorney General had emphasised that the MCC agreement is only subjected to international law and it should be brought under the Sri Lankan law," he also said. (Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)