The Executive has made up our minds that 50 “luxurious” legitimate flats put aside for cupboard ministers will likely be utilised for different functions that can deliver profit to the state.
No minister within the present govt would transfer into the posh flats, Public Safety and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananda Wijepala advised the media.
As a substitute, they’d be utilized by different govt departments or utilised for tourism functions, he added.
The Fee to Examine Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is to be allotted probably the most flats because it has asked new premises owing to house constraints within the provide development.
The opposite properties too will likely be allotted on a case-by-case foundation. “Given the huge quantity of public budget that experience already been spent on those flats, we’re learning the revenue-generating avenues,” the minister stated. He confident that the flats could be utilised “for the nice of the folk.”
MPs could be given “modest” quarters both on the Madiwela housing advanced for MPs or identical housing complexes, with precedence being given to MPs who are living a ways from Colombo. Because the collection of quarters on the Madiwela housing advanced is inadequate, a number of single MPs are occupying one housing unit, the minister published.
Talking on different steps the federal government has taken to scale back the “over the top privileges” granted to MPs, Minister Wijepala famous that the Executive had already abolished automobile lets in for politicians.
“The observe is for the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs to factor a round granting automobile lets in to MPs of the brand new Parliament. I received’t be issuing that round. We now have stopped the observe of granting such over the top privileges the use of public budget,” the minister stated.
The Executive will allocate legitimate cars to MPs from the to be had automobile swimming pools. They are going to have to go back the ones cars once they stop to turn into MPs.
In the meantime, the Executive could also be set to introduce law that can revoke pensions granted to MPs and their private parliamentary group of workers, who’re eligible to obtain pensions after simply 5 years, he published. “This (pension) is arbitrary for the reason that public servants must paintings a few years prior to being eligible for pensions. That is an over the top privilege for MPs, and we now have taken a call to abolish it,” he stated.
(The Sunday Instances)
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