मैगज़्टर गोल्ड के साथ असीमित हो जाओ
10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं, समाचार पत्रों और प्रीमियम कहानियों तक असीमित पहुंच प्राप्त करें सिर्फ
कोशिश गोल्ड - मुक्त
Karu and MPs’ pension
The Island
|August 25, 2025
I believe that others will join me to congratulate Hemal Perera on the above captioned letter (The Island) where he condemns former Speaker and Minister Karu Jayasuriya’s request to the government to reconsider its decision to abolish MPs pension and recommends a payment to those who have no income an allowance from the President’s Fund.
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It is no secret that almost all MPs have while in power amassed wealth by bribery to live in clover after being defeated and making this country poor for the masses to suffer with high cost of living.
Let me go back to the time when Karu Jayasuriya was Minister for Power and Energy. The Generation plan of the CEB included the first Coal fired Power plant at Norochcholai to be commissioned in the year 2000. The siting of the Coal powered
यह कहानी The Island के August 25, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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