Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 -- The Vote on Account for the state expenditure for the first four months of 2020 will be presented to the Parliament by Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera today (23).
As the Presidential Election is scheduled for the 16th of November 2019, this decision has been approved by a decision taken at the Cabinet meeting held on August 03.
The Vote on Account will seek the Parliament's approval to spend a total of Rs. 1,469 billion and approval to limit obtaining of loans to Rs. 721 billion.
When the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs had assembled recently it was decided that the House will convene from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm today, however, it will not sit tomorrow (24).
The Committee, chaired by Speaker of Parliament Ka...