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Go to SC: Bandula issues challenge

08 May 2020

Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardana today challenged those who alleged that the government was spending money illegally to file a case in the Supreme Court (SC). Gunawardana was responding to query by the media as to whether the President had constitutional authority to authorize and incur public expenditure from April 30, 2020. He said, "the opposition can bring up all sorts of issues, however Under Article 150(3) of the Constitution, President is empowered to meet the expenses." "If providing relief to the public means we have to go to jail eventually, we are ready as ministers,"Gunawardana added. He further noted that there was no requirement to reconvening an old Parliament. Asked if the government servants will be penalized if a constitutional crisis arises, he said all the public servants will be protected by the Rajapaksa government.        


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