President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday that he never said that funds would not be allocated to local government institutions that are not won by the National People’s Power. Addressing an election rally in Nuwara Eliya, the President said . However, he stressed that funds would not be allocated to misuse and loot local government institutions.
“By stopping looting, the central government is making a big effort to collect funds for the treasury. If the local government institutions do not follow the same policy, if they misuse funds and loot them, we cannot allow it. What I said was that we will not allow local government institutions to misuse money and loot money,” he said.