Costs Borne By The Public To Maintain A Monitoring MP - How the other half lived during the former regime
(Lanka-e-News- 05.July.2015, 10.30PM) Startling revelations have surfaced as to how the former Monitoring MP of the External Affairs Ministry, Sajin de Vass Gunawardena engaged in lavish spending of public funds during overseas tours. It is also alleged that Gunawardena had travelled to Dubai on personal business tours in the guise of ‘official’ visits using public funds.
Gunawardena, who is now under remand custody for allegedly misusing state resources during the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, is said to have controlled the External Affairs Ministry work sidelining the then Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris.
