The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill which seeks to repeal the Presidents’ Entitlements Act, No. 4 of 1986 has been gazetted.

It states that any residence provided to or monthly allowance paid to a former president or the widow of a former president, the monthly secretarial allowance paid to, and the official transport and other such facilities provided to a former president or the widow of a former president, and the monthly pension paid to the widow of a former president shall no longer be provided with or paid to.