Treasury reports show that the State has allocated Rs 84.4 million for the maintainance of four former Presidents and a former first lady for the year 2023.
Rs 15.5 million has been allocated for former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga; Rs 23.1 million for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Rs. 14.1 million for former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Rs 23.1 million for former President Maithripala Sirisena.
Rs. 8.2 million has been allocated for Hema Premadasa, wife of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa.