Sri Lanka, Nov. 11 -- Claiming that the government is boasting of an overflowing treasury, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today that anyone, even a Montessori kid can fill the Treasury by overly taxing the people.

He told Parliament that the government has overly taxed the people and collected over Rs. 287 billion as state revenue exceeding the revenue target of 15 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

He said according to the IMF condition, revenue target for 2025 is 15 per cent of the GDP and said however, the government has recorded a state revenue of 15.9 percent of the GDP.

The Opposition Leader also said the government has recorded a 3.8 per cent primary balance exceedi...