• Present housing scheme in a dilapidated state

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana  

A new housing scheme for the MPs will be constructed in  Madiwela soon, Chief Government Whip Prasanna Ranatunga told Parliament  yesterday.  

 “The decision was made to construct a new housing scheme  for the MPs before the incident on May 9, 2022. The decision was made as  many MPs who reside in the present housing scheme for MPs in Madiwela  is in a dilapidated state. We planned the new scheme earlier and then came  the unexpected incident on May 9 when houses belonging to some MPs were  attacked and burnt by an insane group of people. These political groups  who backed these people represent the present Parliament,” the Minister said  in response to a question raised by TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam in  the House.  

“Some of the MPs whose houses were burnt have lost all their  clothes, and they have been forced to borrow from others to come to  Parliament, I also went through a similar experience in 1977 when I was  just ten years old.