President grants power to Treasury Secretary to incur all expenditures

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (06) granted the legal authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to incur all the expenditures of the government including the cost of Election for a period of three months beginning March 6, 2020.

Accordingly, the Ministries will be able to settle outstanding dues and other expenditures.

The President has granted this legal authority according to the power vested in him by the Constitution

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TONY Saturday, 07 March 2020 01:17 AM

SPENDING WITHOUT CONTROL IS WHY THEY WANTS A 2/3 MAJORITY AND NOT FOR THE SAME OF THE PEOPLE OR COUNTRY. AFTER ALL DONT FORGET THAT THEY ARE FROM THE RAJAPAKSHA FAMILY. IF THE TREASURY SECRETARY GETS CAUGHT FOR FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES (LIKE SIL REDHI CASE) GOTA IS NOT GOING TO SAVE THEM

TONY Saturday, 07 March 2020 01:18 AM

EXCESS USE OR MISUSE OF EXECUTIVE POWER IS DANGEROUS FOR THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE

Aaron Singho Saturday, 07 March 2020 07:56 PM

How will S/T settle all bills when there is no money?

Buddhist Saturday, 07 March 2020 08:44 PM

What a joke! No limit spending... another Vyath Game?

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