{"id":125808,"date":"2022-05-30T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T23:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=125808"},"modified":"2022-05-30T16:03:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T23:03:47","slug":"if-you-are-selling-loss-making-entities-it-should-be-parliament-not-srilankan-airlines-npp-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/05\/30\/if-you-are-selling-loss-making-entities-it-should-be-parliament-not-srilankan-airlines-npp-video\/","title":{"rendered":"If you are selling loss making entities it should be parliament &#038; not SriLankan Airlines&#8221; &#8211; NPP (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Former Member of the Provincial Council of the National People&#8217;s Power Samantha Vidyaratne says that it is not right for Air Lanka to make a loss and sell it as a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was at a press conference held yesterday (29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0db8\u0dda \u0dbb\u0da7\u0dda \u0dbd\u0ddc\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db8 \u0dc4\u0dd9\u0dab\u0dda \u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dda\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0 - \u0d89\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dab\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0d95\u0db1\u0dd9 \u0d92\u0d9a  - Hiru News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8Fhum-P9EE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If the entity that buys the SriLanka airlines can make a profit why can&#8217;t the government then make a profit he asks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Samantha Vidyaratne, the main reason for the collapse of state institutions is the corrupt process within the governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samantha Vidyaratne says that if entities are to be sold on the argument of loss, then the Parliament should be sold first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, he states that it is better to sell Temple Trees and the President&#8217;s House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasizes that the most suitable political base for this is the National People&#8217;s Power. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Former Member of the Provincial Council of the National People&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}