The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana clarified that he had not accused President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of misusing funds, but had questioned the purpose of an allocation equal to that provided to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe for four months. He noted that the former President’s expenditure included helicopters, bulletproof vehicles, multiple cars, and paid advisers amounting to about Rs. 300 million, and asked what the funds would be used for if the current President was not incurring similar costs.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 If our Chief Government Whip phrased it in a very specific way, I will answer specifically. What did I say? As Hon. Kabir Hashim said this morning, the amount allocated for four months to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the same. Ranil used helicopters, bulletproof vehicles, had multiple cars, and paid advisors—around Rs. 300 million. If this President is not incurring such expenses, I asked what these funds will be used for. I did not accuse him.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2024. No. 1734081038099638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12630