Seven vehicles allocated to Bathiudeen exceeds limit

16 August 2018 12:19 am

Seven additional vehicles had been allocated to Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, violating the circular by the President's Secretary specifying that the maximum amount of vehicles that can be allocated to a minister was three.

Accordingly, it was learnt that the total amount of vehicles that had been allocated to Minister Bathiudeen is ten. It was further learnt that the number of drivers allocated to the minister was eight.

(The information in this regard was received under the Right to Information Act after making a request to the Additional Secretary to the relevant ministry on July, 11, 2018). (Tharindu Jayawardana)