Transport, Highways and mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana yesterday said the 2025 budget will be messed up if SJB Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa or NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake come into power.
He was speaking at an election meeting held at the Handapangoda junction under the patronage of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickremenayake yesterday.
“Presidential candidates, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who have no experience in governing a country, have announced that they will dissolve parliament on the same day if they win the presidential election,” he said.
The Minister said that if the budget is not passed within 100 days from September 21, the senior citizens will not receive their allowance on January 10, 2025. “The poor people who are struggling with life for living will not be able to receive their Aswesuma or Samurdhi benefits, if budget is not passed,” he said.
The Minister said Government employees will not receive their salaries on January 25, if the budget is not passed in parliament. “Whoever comes into power, the budget 2025 needs to be passed in parliament and payments should be approved by parliament, the Minister said. He was of the view that the President does not have power to make any payments without parliament’s approval.
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