Sri Lankan Parliament Cuts Prime Minister’s Budget As Political Crisis Continues

• Radhakrishna N S
• 29 November, 2018

By: Radhakrishna N S

Sri Lanka’s parliament cut the budget of the prime minister’s office on Thursday (29), a move designed to hinder disputed premier Mahinda Rajapaksa whose supporters boycotted the vote in the latest twist in a weeks-long political standoff. Lawmakers opposed to Rajapaksa, who has lost two no-confidence votes in parliament, regard his administration as illegitimate and say he should not be able to use government money for his day-to-day expenses. “This means the prime minister will be dysfunctional. We will bring a similar motion tomorrow to cut down the expenditure of all other ministers,” said Ravi Karunanayake, the former finance minister…

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