Almost half of the 2014 budget expenditure has been allocated to ministries under the President and his brothers, outlined Sri Lanka’s opposition, the United National Party (UNP) today.
Speaking at press briefing, the General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Attanayake, reiterated,
“47 percent of the budget has been allocated to three Ministries handled by the President, Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa”
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