Government revenue loss due to protests will lead to salary cuts: Bandula

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Colombo, July 10 (Daily Mirror) - If the government loses revenue due to protests, then the monthly salary payments will be cut automatically, announced Cabinet spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardana.

Addressing the weekly media briefing, Gunawardana stated that even if a party related to the agitating groups gains government power, it cannot govern the country for more than two weeks.

However, the Treasury has announced pension payments for today. The daily revenue collected from the Inland Revenue Department, Excise Department, Sri Lanka Customs and the Department of Motor Traffic has been allocated for the monthly salary and pension payments.

"In the past, previous governments had the ability to print money through the Central Bank to balance insufficient funds. Now, the Central Bank cannot print money, and no government can change this decision. If they do, every country will leave us," said Minister Gunawardana.

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Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 10 July 2024 09:05 PM

NPP is going to cut salaries and those who oppose will end up on the roadside in their final journey like in 88 89. Bandila is making things easy for them.

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Sokrates Thursday, 11 July 2024 09:37 AM

With your clairvoyant and fortune-telling abilities, you'd better team up with Pastor Jerome. Your burlesque comments make your tunnel vision and loss of reality coupled with a sad IQ all too clear.

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Joshua Wednesday, 10 July 2024 10:39 PM

Stealing by your friends in parliament seems to have been forgotten

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Ram Thursday, 11 July 2024 05:31 AM

CUT? whose salaries? If it is politicians' salaries the whole country will agree

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Sokrates Thursday, 11 July 2024 09:30 AM

Your agitation is a disgrace. You continually abuse your position as government spokesman to campaign for a dying party and a senile and incompetent president. In doing so, you also come across as pathetic and untrustworthy.

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FredSnr Thursday, 11 July 2024 10:04 AM

Minister every govt is printing money to balance their budget deficits including the US which is the biggest culprit but if SL is not going to print(forced not to) then that is something that should be announced to the public and appropriate steps taken to conserve funds to prevent Chaos.occurringThis is not the forum to say these things maybe the Governor should be making a statement or the President or similar

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