511/’19
Hon.Wimalaweera Dissanayake,— To ask the Minister of Internal & Home Affairs and Provincial Councils & Local Government,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) when allowances and facilities of the Members of Parliament are increased, a half of such increase is correspondingly applicable to Provincial Councilors as well;
(ii) the allowances of the Members of Parliament have been increased in the recent past;
(iii) a part of the increased allowances and facilities is to be paid as arrears to the Councilors of the Eastern Provincial Council which stands dissolved upon the completion of its term; and
(iv) though, nearly a year has elapsed since the dissolution of the Eastern Provincial Council, the arrears entitled to those Councilors have still not been paid;
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether he admits that the non-provision of this allowance to the Councilors of the Eastern Provincial Council is a grave injustice when it has been paid to Councilors of all other Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka; and
(ii) the date on which this allowance in arrears will be paid to the Councilors of the Eastern Provincial Council?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2019-05-09
Asked by
Hon. Wimalaweera Dissanayake, M.P.
Ministry
Internal and Home Affairs and Provincial Councils and Local Government
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
3
Increasing Allowances for Provincial Councillors
Answered Date
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