Deputy Leader of the UNP Sajith Premadasa says that the government is providing aid for foreign nations when the people of the country are facing many hardships.

He made this remark at a meeting held in the Ranmuduwewa area in Sooriyawewa.

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It is with disappointment that we have to state that, at a time where there are many problems faced by the public of this country, the government is providing aid to other countries with the money of the people of our country. There are foreign projects in Tanzania and Uganda. An international youth centre is being constructed. Whose money is this? The money is from the country’s reserves. They are constructing a new carpeted road spending billions of rupees in Maldives. Whose money is this? This money belongs to the public of our country. When the public is burdened by the drought –  they answer saying we have water but we do not have bowsers.

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