The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri
Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri challenged claims that certain MPs do not take salaries, stating that salaries are first paid into MPs’ personal bank accounts and only later may be transferred to party funds. He further questioned whether pooled MP salaries and allowances create an alternative pension arrangement, despite public claims about abolishing MP pensions.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Your culture includes false claims. The reality is MPs receive salaries into their own bank accounts and then may pass on portions to party funds; hence, the claim of “not taking salary” is misleading.
¶ 02 My second supplementary: You touted abolishing MP pensions. But through party pooling of MP pay and allowances, you are effectively creating a substitute pension. Do you accept this?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30252