If you are selling loss making entities it should be parliament & not SriLankan Airlines” – NPP (Video)
Posted on May 30th, 2022
Courtesy Hiru News
Former Member of the Provincial Council of the National People’s Power Samantha Vidyaratne says that it is not right for Air Lanka to make a loss and sell it as a solution.
This was at a press conference held yesterday (29).
Samantha Vidyaratne emphasizes that if all institutions are to be sold on the basis that they are loss-making entities, then the Electricity Board, the Petroleum Corporation, the National Water and Drainage Board and the Railway Department will also have to be sold.
If the entity that buys the SriLanka airlines can make a profit why can’t the government then make a profit he asks.
According to Samantha Vidyaratne, the main reason for the collapse of state institutions is the corrupt process within the governance.
Samantha Vidyaratne says that if entities are to be sold on the argument of loss, then the Parliament should be sold first.
In addition, he states that it is better to sell Temple Trees and the President’s House.
Samantha Vidyaratne concludes that a government with a policy of turning loss-making institutions into profit-making institutions should be appointed, not a government with a policy of selling institutions that are making a loss.
He emphasizes that the most suitable political base for this is the National People’s Power.