{"id":163621,"date":"2016-06-08T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T09:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=163621"},"modified":"2016-06-08T14:34:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T09:04:30","slug":"government-wants-parliament-approval-for-rs-1-1-billion-to-buy-32-luxury-vehicles-for-top-politicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/government-wants-parliament-approval-for-rs-1-1-billion-to-buy-32-luxury-vehicles-for-top-politicos\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Wants Parliament Approval For Rs. 1.1 Billion To Buy 32 Luxury Vehicles For Top Politicos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the backdrop of the masses being slapped with back to back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=tax&amp;x=12&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">tax<\/span><\/a> increases, the Government has sought parliamentary approval for a whopping Rs. 1.1 billion to purchase 32 brand new luxury vehicles for the use of ministers, and deputy ministers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_137807\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/requests-made-for-exiled-journos-to-return-but-no-action-taken\/gayantha-ct\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137807\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Gayantha-CT.jpg\" alt=\"Gayantha Karunatilake - Minister Media \" width=\"224\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-137807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gayantha Karunatilake &#8211; Minister Media<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the list presented by Chief Government Whip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gayantha+Karunathilaka&amp;x=17&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gayantha Karunathilake<\/span><\/a> on behalf of Minister Finance on Tuesday, Ministers Sarath Fonseka and Mahinda Samarasinghe were allocated Rs. 70 million each to purchase luxury vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The other ministers whose name was in the list were; Vajira Abyewardena to purchase two cars for Rs. 98,000,000, including one for his Deputy Minister Nimal Lanza. Rs. 91,000,000 has been allocated for Harin Fernando and his deputy minister Tharanath Basnayake, while Rs 35,000,000 each was allocated for Ministers Rauff Hakeem, Wijith V Zoysa, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, and P. Digambaram.<\/p>\n<p>A further Rs 56,000,000 each has been allocated for Deputy Ministers Lasantha Alagiyawanna, and Arundika Fernando while Rs. 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