It is reported that the Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the deciding factor on whether the Sri Lanka Freedom Party would support the budget that is to be presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera today.
According to internal sources of the SLFP, President Sirisena and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa have agreed that they should vote in favor of the Presidential vote and should oppose all other Ministry expenditure votes.
The sources added that Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision will be conveyed at the UPFA's party group meeting today (5th).
This was also stated by Parliamentarian Shantha Bandara at a media briefing held at the SLFP headquarters in Darley Road, yesterday (04).
Finance Minister Samaraweera told the media on Sunday that the 2019 budget would be called an ‘Enterprise Sri Lanka’ budget. “We are not going to give handouts. We are helping people to help themselves. We are giving them fishing rods instead of the fish.”
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