The Hon. (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya
Hon. Harini Amarasuriya stated that ministers and MPs are using non-luxury, fuel-efficient official vehicles sourced from ministries where available, while some continue to use personal vehicles. She said fuel expenditure has been reduced from a monthly average of Rs. 3.24 million up to November 2024 to under Rs. 1 million, and that Rs. 37 million was saved by not using two bulletproof vehicles at the Prime Minister’s Office. She rejected concerns over vehicle use as unfounded and requested Hon. Chamara Sampath to submit the relevant document for examination.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, our ministers and MPs have no issues regarding vehicles. We sourced non-luxury, fuel-efficient, lower-emission vehicles from ministries. Many ministers, state ministers, and MPs still use personal vehicles; some deputy ministers lack official vehicles. Since assuming office, we reduced fuel expenses significantly: the monthly average fuel cost up to November 2024 was Rs. 3.24 million; we have kept it under Rs. 1 million thereafter. By not using two bulletproof vehicles at the PM’s Office, we have already saved Rs. 37 million. Therefore, questioning our vehicle use is frivolous. Official vehicles are used as per policy.
¶ 02 I request Hon. Chamara Sampath to forward the document; we will examine it.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2025. No. 1738314169039521. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10507