JVP claims excessive foreign trips by Ministers
Dissanayake said this at a JVP press conference held at the Party Headquarters yesterday.
“If a person were to check the records of the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, they will find that even today there are so many Ministers who are currently off on foreign trips. Some of them attend Parliament one week and the next week they’re abroad,” he added.
He further added that the President’s entourage in his recent trip to the United States was also excessive.
“According to reports, there are more than 63 people in the President’s entourage in his official visit to America. There were people from his family, his staff, and an excessive amount of media personnel that accompanied him,” added Dissanayake.
He further declared that the Government has no right to curtail the spending of the public, due to the rupee devaluation, without curtailing the excessive spending of MPs first.
Dissanayake further said that a series of protests will be organized by the JVP to express their objections in placing tax burdens on citizens. The first of these protests will be held on 23 October in Colombo.
