Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) voted to cut perks and privileges accorded to former presidents or their widows, as the ruling National People’s Power tries to keep its poll pledge of weeding out corruption and slashing excessive state expenditure.
Passed with a two-thirds majority — that the ruling coalition enjoys — the vote repealed the Presidents’ Entitlements Act, a 1986 law that allowed provision of a residence or a monthly allowance, secretarial allowance, official transport, to a former President or the widow of a former President; and monthly pension paid to the widow of a former President.
