

Minister Bandula Gunawardana while acknowledging challenge has requested the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavani Corporation Dr. Ariyaratne Athugala to allocate an early date and time for the debate.
Minister Gunawardana said he hoped the debate would be of immense public importance as the UNP was spreading various stories about the IMF standby facility amounting to 2.6 billion US dollars to be released in tranches.