Speaking at a rally on Friday, Deputy leader of the United National Party Sajith Premedasa stated that steps will be taken to safeguard the rights of pensioners in the future.

Premadasa was speaking at a rally held in Badigama, Weeraketiya as part of campaign for the upcoming presidential election.

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Speaking at this rally, Sajith Premadasa stated that the government has isolated 500,000 pensioners, while the salary of the parliamentarians increase and the pension for retired MPs increases automatically.

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