Crisis-riddled Govt. goes into denial mode
By Our Political Editor-Sunday, July 27, 2014
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The UPFA Government seems to be in a state of denial. The latest addition to that syndrome came from External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris.
He was asked in Parliament last Tuesday by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for his response to a reference in the Sunday Times (Political Commentary) of July 6 that the Government has allowed the state owned China National Aero Technology Import-Export Corporation (CATIC) to set up an Aircraft Base Maintenance Centre (ABMC) in Trincomalee. He replied: “The Opposition Leader has stated a wrong fact. He stated that a decision has been taken to set up this project in Trincomalee. No such decision has been taken to permit the establishment of an Aircraft Base Maintenance Centre in Trincomalee….”
He was asked in Parliament last Tuesday by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for his response to a reference in the Sunday Times (Political Commentary) of July 6 that the Government has allowed the state owned China National Aero Technology Import-Export Corporation (CATIC) to set up an Aircraft Base Maintenance Centre (ABMC) in Trincomalee. He replied: “The Opposition Leader has stated a wrong fact. He stated that a decision has been taken to set up this project in Trincomalee. No such decision has been taken to permit the establishment of an Aircraft Base Maintenance Centre in Trincomalee….”
