Will honour court decision and proceed accordingly: State Finance Minister

The government will honour the Supreme Court's decision preventing withholding any funds allocated to conduct Local Government Polls 2023 and will proceed accordingly, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

He said everyone should respect the court's decision. 

"It can be the Ministry of Finance, the government or an institution, It is everyone's responsibility to act on the court's decision. According to the court decision, we have to align expenses," he said.

Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justices Preethi Padman Surasena, Janak De Silva and Priyantha Fernando yesterday issued an interim order preventing the Treasury Secretary, the Attorney General who is representing the President and any other state official from withholding any funds allocated for the polls.(DSB)