Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena has been using public funds to boost his image via social media, reports Colombo Telegraph.
A right to information request has been field by members of civil society to ascertain the total amount of expenditure.
The issue was raised after Sirisena’s Facebook page was found to be using Facebook’s paid promotion service.
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