PM makes mockery of MR privileges claims
By Ashwin Hemmathagama Our Lobby Correspondent
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe countered accusations made by Opposition lawmaker Dinesh Gunwardena that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was being ill-treated by listing the facilities he had been provided with.
According to the Presidents Entitlements Act No. 4 of 1986 and the 503/2005 FR Supreme Court petition, a former President is entitled to two official residences and one safe house.