It is reported that the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has stated that the government is making an effort to increase the privileges of the public representatives and that the current president has cut many privileges and allowances of all the public representatives after taking office as the Finance Minister.
The minister who commented further in this regard.
“During the time of the current finance minister, the privileges of parliamentarians, ministers and people’s representatives were severely cut. If we look at the ministers, they get the MP’s allowance. The staff has been reduced by one third of the ministers. They don’t have any vehicle licenses. They can’t buy new cars. All their allowances are high taxes. We subject them to a ratio and collect taxes. Also, the cabinet has had such a limited number in our country, long ago. These days, it is being proposed and implemented to reduce the large number of local council members by more than half. This era is the time when all the ministers of the councilors The privileges of people’s representatives were cut to the highest level with this special program of the finance minister, because of the concept that everyone should bear the burden of economic pressure.”