43 MPs and former ministers received over Rs. 1.2 billion in compensation for Aragalaya damage

By Saman Indrajith

Minister Nalinda Jayatissa revealed in Parliament on Thursday (06) a list of 43 current and former Members of Parliament who received compensation totalling over Rs. 1.224 billion for damages to their properties during the 2022 Aragalaya protests.

Dr. Jayatissa also raised concerns about irregularities in the compensation process, claiming that Divisional Secretaries and District Secretaries had been pressured to overestimate damage figures. According to Jayatissa, the standard maximum compensation available for natural disasters or complete losses in Sri Lanka is Rs. 2.5 million, but several politicians allegedly received amounts well beyond that limit.

The amounts recieved by politicians are as follows:

Kapila Nuwan Athukorala – Rs. 504,000

Wimalaweera Dissanayake –– Rs. 550,000

Geetha Kumarasinghe –– Rs. 972,000,

Janaka Thissakuttiarachchi –– Rs. 1,143,000

Gunapala Rathnasekara –– Rs. 1,412,780

Premnath C. Dolawatte –– Rs. 2.3 million

Piyankara Jayaratne – Rs. 2,348,000,

Sampath Athukorala – Rs. 2,540,610

Jayantha Ketagoda –– 2,814,800,

Wimal Weerawansa –– Rs. 2,954,000

Prof. Channa Jayasumana – Rs. 3,334,000

Akila Ellawala r–– Rs. 3,554,250

Chamal Rajapaksa –– Rs. 6,539,374

Chandima Weerakkody –– Rs. 6,948,800.

Ashoka Priyantha –– Rs. 7,295,000.

Samanpriya Herath –– Rs. 10.52 million

Janaka Bandara Tennakoon –– Rs. 10.55 million.

Rohitha Abeygunawardhana –– Rs. 11.64 million

Dr. Seetha Arambepola –– Rs. 13.78 million

Sahan Pradeep –– Rs. 17.13 million

Shehan Semasinghe –– Rs. 18.51 million

Indika Anuruddha –– Rs. 19.55 million,

Milan Jayathilaka –– Rs. 22.3 million.

Dr. Ramesh Pathirana –– Rs. 28.1 million

Duminda Dissanayake –– Rs. 28.8 million

Kanaka Herath –– Rs. 29.2 million

D. B. Herath –– Rs. 32.1 million

Prasanna Ranaweera –– Rs. 32.7 million

W. D. Weerasingha –– Rs. 37.2 million.

Shantha Bandara –– Rs. 39.1 million

S. M. Chandrasena –– Rs. 43.8 million

Sanath Nishantha –– Rs. 42.7 million

Siripala Gamlath –– Rs. 50.9 million

Arundika Fernando –– Rs. 55.2 million

Sumith Udukumbura –– Rs. 55.9 million.

Prasanna Ranatunga –– Rs. 56.1 million

Kokila Gunawardena –– Rs. 58.7 million

Mohan De Silva –– Rs. 60.1 million

Nimal Lanza –– Rs. 69.2 million

Ali Sabri Raheem –– Rs. 70.9 million

Gamini Lokuge –– Rs. 74.9 million

Johnston Fernando –– Rs. 93.4 million

Keheliya Rambukwella –– Rs. 95.9 million