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It has been decided to increase the monthly benefits granted to MPs, while each MP is also set to be provided with an insurance cover worth Rs 1 million. A proposal to this effect had been submitted by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene to the Select Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
Sources said the Select Committee had unanimously approved the Speaker’s proposal.
The Speaker in submitting the proposal had noted the two previous Governments had failed to increase the monthly benefits granted to MPs.
He had said the non-increase of the monthly benefits had also affected retired MPs. Sources said former Chief Government Whip and Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle had mooted a similar proposal back on 23 November 2006 ahead of its ratification and the latest proposal had also been ratified accordingly.
If the said proposal is to be ratified, it then has to be approved by the House according to Article 68 (1) of the Constitution.
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Sources said the Select Committee had unanimously approved the Speaker’s proposal.
The Speaker in submitting the proposal had noted the two previous Governments had failed to increase the monthly benefits granted to MPs.
He had said the non-increase of the monthly benefits had also affected retired MPs. Sources said former Chief Government Whip and Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle had mooted a similar proposal back on 23 November 2006 ahead of its ratification and the latest proposal had also been ratified accordingly.
If the said proposal is to be ratified, it then has to be approved by the House according to Article 68 (1) of the Constitution.
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MPs’ monthly benefits to increase
It has been decided to increase the monthly benefits granted to MPs, while each MP is also set to be provided with an insurance cover worth Rs 1 million. A proposal to this effect had been submitted b
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