Journalist Asanga Athapattu at the press briefing today (17) at the Ministry of Mass Media to announce the Cabinet’s decisions.
It was revealed that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country amid public protests, was being given nine hundred and fifty thousand rupees monthly along with 19 vehicles.
Questioning Mr. Asanga Athapattu, it was questioned that such expenditure was incurred when the public servants were not even able to pay their salaries. Mr. Bandhula Gunawardena replied that this is a small expense when looking at other expenses of the country.
He took it very simply and gave an answer lightly, he refrained from giving an answer about the expenses that had been given to him. It shows that it is simple to give the cost of 9.5 lakhs and 19 vehicles to a single person or a rejected leader from this country.