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Ex-Opposition MPs seek clarification on govt. expenditure

26 May 2020

A group of former Opposition MPs have met Additional Auditor General Chulantha Wickramaratne today to clarify issues regarding the legitimacy of expenditure and the loan ceiling following the expiry of the Vote on Account on 30 April this year. The group of MPs included former MPs Niroshan Perera, Sujith Perera and Harsha de Silva. The Opposition over the past several weeks has called on the government to summon the Parliament as soon as possible, with the support of all parties represented in Parliament, and to have the essential expenditure, including the payment of salaries to the public service after 30 April 2020, approved legally and constitutionally. The opposition said by virtue of the Vote on Account passed on 23 October 2019, the Constitution does not give the Government of Sri Lanka the legal right to bear public expenditure after 30 April 2020.          


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