Govt. burdening people while reducing fines on fraudsters

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) charged yesterday that the government had burdened the people by imposing excessive taxes and fines such as new traffic fines while reducing the fines imposed on fraudsters through the National Audit Bill. JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti told a news conference that the government had imposed new fines and had increased fines on traffic offences so as to increase government revenue. “The traffic rules have been strengthened not to discipline the motorists but to increase government revenue. The government is trying to sustain at the cost of the people. It has reduced the fines imposed on fraudsters engaged in massive frauds and

The government is planning to provide more benefits and vehicles to newly appointed monitoring MPS. The numbers of ministers are ever increasing

corruption through the National Audit Bill while taxing and fining common people,’ he said.

He said even though the government was taxing and fining the people excessively, it was providing more privileges and benefits to MPS and ministers.

“The government is planning to provide more benefits and vehicles to newly appointed monitoring MPS. The numbers of ministers are ever increasing,” he charged.

Referring to the imposing of the death penalty on drug traffickers, Mr. Handunnetti said crimes such as drug trafficking could not be prevented only through such punishments and added that it was a result of the defects in the socio-economic system in the country.