2026-02-20 / Adjournment Motion: Coal procurement for Lakvijaya Power Plant at Norochcholai (Part 2)

Hon. D.V. Chanaka

2026-02-20

## Summary Hon. D. V. Chanaka (SLPP) intervened to correct a factual claim made by Hon. Najith, clarifying that a previously referenced contract or award was not granted to an associate of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, but rather to a relative — specifically a cousin — of Mr. Bryan Balthazar. The speech consists solely of this factual correction regarding the identity of the company owner involved in the award.

You said “the SLPP MP”—that is me. Hon. Najith, the earlier award was not to Yoshitha Rajapaksa’s associate; the owner was Mr. Bryan Balthazar’s relative. That company’s owner is Bryan Balthazar’s cousin—not anyone else.