The Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna
Hon. Rohini Kumari Wijerathna called for urgent relief to disabled and retired military personnel facing economic hardship, referring to a Cabinet paper intended to address their concerns. She asked how soon arrears of salary and allowances withheld from some medically retired personnel, and fixed allowances withheld from certain widows of soldiers who died before age 55, would be resolved and what steps would be taken to expedite payment.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 As a nation, we owe a debt to those who sacrificed and those disabled. Many face significant economic hardship. I request that your Cabinet paper provide them relief expeditiously.
¶ 02 My second supplementary: During the conflict, many disabled personnel retired on medical classification. While most were paid salary and allowances from their retirement date, a subset had arrears of salary and allowances withheld based on Cabinet Subcommittee recommendations. Also, where a soldier died before reaching 55, the widow and minor children are entitled up to 55, but in some cases the subsequent fixed allowance has been withheld from certain widows. How soon will this be resolved, and what steps will you take to expedite?
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Cite as: The Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 May 2026. No. 23621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7284