Weerawansa spent for Mahinda’s election campaign funds allocated for court buildings

November 21, 2016

It was revealed in Parliament today (21st) that more than Rs.150 million allocated to construct buildings for courts in Gampaha and Galle have been spent for Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election campaigns.

This was revealed when the Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksa responded to a question posed by JVP Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath while participating in the committee stages of the budget debate. He asked why the construction of eh buildings in the districts have not been completed.

Despite Minister of Justice was careful not to mention any names, Parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who spoke animatedly said complaining against Parliamentarians in such a way was not ethical and people need not know such sensitive information.

The construction of those buildings were under the Ministry of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities and Wimal Weerawansa was the minister in charge of eh ministry during Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.

The relevant information was revealed when investigations were carried out to find why allocations were not received by the Engineering Corporation said Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa.