VIDEO: Only one MP adheres to the ‘noble’ request

March 19, 2010 10:23 am

Though there was a request by the Labour Minister Mervyn Silva that all parliamentarians should abstain from taking this month’s salary as the House met only for a single day only Government MP Dinesh Gunawardena had given a letter refusing the salary, the Parliament Financial Division told Ada Derana.

Participating in the debate on the extension of Emergency on March 9, Minister Silva, said that it was unfair for MPs to draw this month’s salary after attending a single debate and he would not draw his salary.

However according to the Financial Division MPs salaries generally are given on the 26^th and 27^th of the month and until today only one MP had foregone the perks.

A total Rs. 16 million is spent on the 225 MPs salaries per month by the Government

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