Government says CBK given security as an ex President

21 Mar, 2017

The?Government says former President Chandrika Kumaratunga (CBK) has been given security and vehicles as she is an ex President. Reklama: Stiklo pertvaros ir du?ai gera kaina.

Responding to a question raised in Parliament today, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that both former Presidents (Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa) have been allocated vehicles and security.

The Prime Minister said that?Kumaratunga holds a post in the Government?as the head of the?Office for National Unity and?Reconciliation (ONUR).

He also said that she was allocated helicopters on Government expense for some of the work carried out by ONUR. (Colombo Gazette)

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