Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader and Attorney Udaya Gammanpila today criticised the government’s handling of MP allowances, saying that public funds provided for official purposes cannot legally be donated to political party funds. Responding to MP Dayasiri Jayasekara’s proposal to ban MPs from contributing their allowances to party coffers, Gammanpila said there is a clear difference between spending one’s salary and misusing public allowances. He explained that while MPs are free to use their personal income as they wish, allowances such as those for offices, fuel, communications, and transport must be spent strictly for the intended public purpose. “Funds given to…
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