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Chandrika’s
allocation slashed The office of the former president was initially allocated Rs, 25, 406,000 for recurrent expenditure but during the Committee Stage of the Budget, this was reduced to Rs. 15, 406,000. The massive amount allocated to President Kumaratunga’s office drew criticism from the Supreme Court when the Appropriation Bill went before it in November. The Court noted that while only Rs 7 million was allocated to the office of former President D.B. Wijetunga and while Rs. 29 million was allocated as recurrent expenditure of all the judges of the Supreme Court with no allocation for any capital expenditure, the Office of former President Kumaratunga was allocated Rs 25.4 million as recurrent expenditure and Rs 4.5 million as capital expenditure. The Court in its ruling sent to Parliament last month said that while the allocation of resources was a matter of Government policy, the facts stated above had the effect of undermining the judiciary of this country at its highest-level. |
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