Champika On Mega Projects: 'If This Is Socialism, There Is No Bigger Joke'

Jathika Hela Urumaya General Secretary and previous Cabinet Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka expressed that the legislature's super undertakings are giving substantial comes back to just a certain class of individuals. In the event that this is called communism, there is no greater joke, he included.

Talking at the "Satana" television show on Sirasa TV, Ranawaka said that there are five parameters to be concerned in these tasks.
Whether they are the needs of the nation is the first matter, he expressed including that alternate issues were the quality, the benchmark cost, the effect of economy and the returns.

Ranawaka included that some of these tasks were not needs of the nation. There were not kidding inquiries raised on the nature of the activities, for example, in the Puttalam Coal Power Plant and the freeways. The expense had far surpassed the benchmark costs. These were for the most part fabricated by outside organizations with remote laborers and thusly the financial open doors for nearby individuals were less. Additionally, the returns are delighted in by the world class of the general public while the destitute pay for the expense, he focused.

He additionally included that Maithripala Sirisena's strategy proclamation has perceived the needs of such undertakings, including the monetary and ecological effects and once chose, the Sirisena government will adjust what has happened.