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Govt. using COVID pandemic to its advantage: Patali

04 Jan 2021

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka today accused the government of using the prevailing pandemic to its own advantage as the country has been opened for Ukrainian tourists even though many Sri Lankan immigrants haven’t been repatriated. He brought to the public’s attention that there were many Sri Lankan immigrants waiting to be repatriated to the country and no relief has been provided to them in terms of airfare, although the Ukrainian tourists were brought at a lesser airfare, and were staying in hotels at discounted prices. He pointed out that the Personal Income in Sri Lanka was relatively higher to that of Ukraine, therefore, that it wasn’t an economical decision to bring down these tourists. “Further, the Sri Lankan government has not yet taken any steps to provide its citizens with a vaccine while many of our neighbouring countries already have. This shows that they have no interest in controlling the pandemic,” he stated. He further said that the government has used its connections with airlines and hotels to bring down these tourists in unsafe conditions.


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