The SJB and the SLPP want President Anura Kumara Dissanayake summoned before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) inquiring into the controversial green-channelling of 323 red-flagged containers from the Colombo Port, in January 2025, without mandatory inspection.
Opposition sources told The Island that the Opposition members of the PSC, chaired by Justice Minister Attorney-at-Law Harshana Nanayakkara, had said President Dissanayake, who is the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should be summoned.
On behalf of the Opposition, the request was made, in writing, by MPs Ajith P. Perera (SJB), Dayasiri Jayasekara (SJB), Mujibur Rahman (SJB) and D.V. Chanaka (SLPP).
The PSC has been tasked with examining the release of the containers, without mandatory inspection, and presenting findings, recommendations and proposals regarding the incident.
The Opposition MPs also wanted Bimal Rathnayake, who served as the Minister of Ports at the time of the incident, as well as Janith Ruwan Kodithuwakku, the Deputy Minister of Ports, and the then Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Mahinda Siriwardena, summoned before the committee.
The Opposition has alleged that the government took advantage of port congestion to release the red-flagged containers. “We want to establish the identity of the person who gave the go ahead to the Customs to release the containers,” the SJB said. (SF)
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