Expenditure Head of the President passed in Parliament

Colombo (News1st) -  The expenditure heads of 22 institutions, including that of the President, the office of the Prime Minister and independent commissions was approved in Parliament today without any amendments. Earlier backbench parliamentarians of the ruling party stated that they will defeat the budget overhead of the President and they requested for a vote today. The leader of the house and the Prime minister announced that there was no requirement for a vote. Thereby the objection was noted and the budget overhead was approved in Parliament