Ready to support Govt – Ranil

3 April 2011 11:07 am Views - 6523

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday vowed to give his fullest support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa led government if the government assured to increase the salaries of public servants before June this year.

“We are ready to give our fullest support to the government if the government increased the salaries of the public servants before June,” Mr. Wickremesinghe said in Passara.
He said that the salary increase should include government servants and armed forces, police and corporations as well.

Commenting on the price increase of several essential items during the weekend, Mr. Wickremesinghe said that the government took the ICC World Cup cricket match as cover to increase the price of fuel and gas while the Lankans were engrossed in the World Cup cricket match in Mumbai. (Palitha Ariyawansha-Badulla)