Mahinda Rajapaksa assumes duties as Finance Minister
Posted by Editor on October 31, 2018 - 12:02 pm

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed duties as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in the presence of President Maithripala Sirisena.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the fuel pricing formula has to be changed.
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Mangala Samaraweera’s Formula said:
Maximum Retail Price (MRP) = V1+V2+V3+V4
while the current so-called Minster’s formula is likely to be:
Mahinda Rajapaksa Price (MRP) = V1+ V2+V3+V4+ K
wher K= Kommis paid from the beginning of the oil tender process to the Minister and Associates and konmis to the CPC officers belonging to SLPP Unions + other commissions payable for Night Race Organisers
This is not a parliament. This is a comic theatre.
I breathe easy Mahinda thank you Sir!