Sri Lanka, Dec. 17 -- The 'Rebuilding Sri Lanka' Fund should be approved by Parliament as a statutory fund, the Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance, Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silva reiterates.

MP de Silva noted that the fund needs to be a legally established fund and therefore it must be brought to Parliament and approved.

He said, "We cannot create funds like 'Helping Hambantota' without a proper legal basis. To do something like this, it must be brought to Parliament and approved. That has not been done yet. The 'Rebuilding Sri Lanka' Fund should be established immediately through Parliament."

Parliamentarian de Silva added, "However, this must be done with proper transparency. In my view, the government alone does not ne...