{"id":64881,"date":"2017-04-04T13:43:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=64881"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:44:53","slug":"bandula-gunawardena-seeks-clarification-from-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/04\/04\/bandula-gunawardena-seeks-clarification-from-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandula Gunawardena seeks clarification from PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Binoy Suriyaarachchi<\/a>\u00a0Courtesy \u00a0Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The Joint Opposition Tuesday urged the Prime Minister to prove allegations he made against the former President about the country of being stuck in a debt trap due to loans that were obtained during the previous regime.
\nJO member Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardena made the observation at a press conference held in Colombo.
\nAs a responsible person, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is obliged to provide statistics to prove his statement,\u201d he said.
\nGunawardena also went on to say with the decision on salary hike for state employees, the authorities would have to allocate a sum of Rs.658 billion to settle the wages. However, Rs.155 billion would be spent to repay the loan which obtained under a 20-year plan to develop the Hambantota port,\u201d he pointed out.<\/strong>
\nTherefore, the PM should provide a clarification about his remark,\u201d Gunawardena added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n