The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri
Sunil Rathnasiri clarified Budget 2025 allocations related to the Clean Sri Lanka programme and the President’s Vote. He stated that Rs. 5,000 million has been allocated for Clean Sri Lanka, while the President’s Vote has been reduced from Rs. 6,601 million in 2024 to Rs. 2,992 million in 2025, including reductions in both recurrent and capital expenditure. He said his intervention was intended to correct what he described as a mistaken impression raised in the debate.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, sometimes Madam Speaker is uninformed on certain matters, and sometimes, intentionally or unintentionally, mistakes are made. We can understand both correctly.
¶ 02 Regarding the Clean Sri Lanka program’s financial contribution, in the 2025 State Budget, Rs. 5,000 million has been allocated for that, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Also, he has forgotten that for the President’s Vote in 2024, Rs. 3,773 million was allocated as Recurrent Expenditure, while for 2025 it has been reduced to Rs. 2,538 million.
¶ 03 Further, Hon. Deputy Speaker, they have also forgotten that in 2024, Rs. 2,828 million was allocated as Capital Expenditure under that Vote. But our President has allocated only about Rs. 454 million for that in 2025. Altogether, the previous President obtained Rs. 6,601 million for his Vote. Those who raised their hands and approved that Rs. 6,601 million then, are the ones shouting today. For 2025, our President has allocated Rs. 2,992 million for that Vote.
¶ 04 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I only intended to clarify that mistake. Thank you very much.
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