AKD mis categorises expenditure in assessing Rajapaksa Budget

According to the above critical assessment published in the Daily Mirror, the statement made by me in Parliament contains inaccuracies.

My clarification and correction of the above is as follows:

As per 2022 Budget, payment of

Rs. 1531 Billion as Loan instalment is included in the Rs. 2763 Billion Expenditure.

Apart from the loan instalment (as per the attachment 01 of the Budget) in the second attachment of the 2022 Budget, the total expenditure of the government is Rs 5245 billion.

As per the total expenditure covering the Rajapaksa family in the 2020 budget estimates including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa, is Rs 3470 billion. This figure includes the loan instalment of Rs 1531 Billion.

Accordingly out of the state expenditure of Rs. 5245 Billion, the amount of Rs 3470 Billion is exceeded by 64%.

For a long period it has been a case of avoiding the loan instalment from the government expenditure. Our argument is since the loan instalment is included in the Finance Ministry expenditure, it should be included in the total government expenditure.

Thanks

ANURA DISSANAYAKE MP