23 August 2021 06:01 pm Views - 2262
The cabinet today approved the proposal submitted by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to donate the salaries of all Cabinet Ministers for the month of August to the Covid-19 fund.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently requested the general public to be prepared to make sacrifices if the country is to be placed under a lockdown for a longer period of time in the future.
The Prime Minister has said that all ministers will donate their August salaries to the Covid fund in response to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request.
Earlier, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs had also decided to contribute their one month salary to a special fund that is to be opened by Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa.