On the basis of the vote on account presented to Parliament this year , a colossal Rs. 1400 million had been allocated for the President s office expenditure . This means that he requires a sum of Rs. 19 million per day for his own office expenditure.
While allocations to Ministries are drastically cut and Govt. says it has no money to bring down the cost of living , tariffs and taxation burdens heaped on the people , the President who speaks loud , perhaps too loud about his concern for the people has found it fit to take the lion s share without any compunction.

To many Sri Lankans, Lieut. General Sarath Fonseka is a bit of a hero. Now the equivalent of the U.S. military`s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Fonseka was the former army commander who helped strategize and lead the campaign that put a decisive end to the quarter-century-long separatist war of the Tamil Tigers. The intensity of the onslaught raised criticism around the world, including a 68-page State Department report to the U.S. Congress that took to task the conduct of both government forces and the Tigers. Now, what appears to be an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to interview Fonseka about the war has raised angry protests from the highest official ranks in Sri Lanka.