Vijitha Herath that the National People’s Force government has not taken loans from any institution or organization ,Colombo district candidate lawyer Udaya Gammanpila says that despite what the minister said, the World Bank gave a loan of 200 million dollars to Sri Lanka on the 7th of the month.
He mentioned this while attending a press conference held in Pitakotte. The leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya further commented as follows.
Minister Vijitha Herath said yesterday that his government has not taken any loan from any institution or organization. That is a complete lie. The World Bank website say that the world bank has given 200 million loan to srilanka.”Either the World Bank is lying or the government is lying,” he said.
The first installments of the $500 million loan were received in 2023.