FULL LIST: Govt's Rs. 1.22 Billion Payout to 43 MPs

COLOMBO (News 1st); The government today disclosed a list of 43 MPs who obtained compensation claiming destruction was caused to their homes in 2022 during the Aragalaya Period.

1. Kapila Nuwan Athukorala - Rs. 504,000
2. Wimalaweera Dissanayake - Rs. 550,000
3. Geetha Kumarasinghe - Rs. 972, 000
4. Janaka Tissakutiarachchi - Rs. 1,143,000
5. Gunapala Rathnasekara - Rs. 1,412,780
6. Premnath C. Dolawaththa - Rs. 2,300,000
7. Priyankara Jayarathna Rs. 2,348,000
8. Sampath Athukorala - Rs. 2,540,610
9. Jayantha Ketagoda - Rs. 2,814,800
10. Wimal Weerawansa - Rs. 2,954,000
11. Prof. Channa Jayasumana - Rs. 3,334,000
12. Akila Ellawala - Rs. 3,554,250
13. Chamal Rajapaksa - Rs. 6,539,374
14. Chandima Weerakkody - Rs. 6,948,800
15. Ashoka Priyantha - Rs. 7,295,000
16. Samanpriya Herath - Rs. 10,520,000
17. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon - Rs. 10,550,000
18. Rohitha Abeygunawardena - Rs. 11,640,000
19. Dr. Seetha Arambepola - Rs. 13,780,000
20. Sahan Pradeep - Rs. 17,130,000
21. Shehan Semasinghe - Rs. 18,510,000
22. Indika Anuruddha - Rs. 19,550,000
23. Milan Jayathilaka - Rs. 22,300,000
24. Dr. Ramesh Pathirana - Rs. 28,100,000
25. Duminda Dissanayake - Rs. 28,800,000
26. Kanaka Herath - Rs. 29,200,000 
27. D. B. Herath - Rs. 32,100,000
28. Prasanna Ranaweera - Rs. 32,700,000
29. W.D. Weerasinghe - Rs. 37,200,000
30. Shantha Bandara - Rs. 39,100,000
31. S.M. Chandrasena - Rs. 43,800,000
32. Sanath Nishantha - Rs. 42,700,000
33. Siripala Gamlath - Rs. 50,900,000
34. Arundika Fernando - Rs. 55,200,000
35. Sumith Udukumbura - Rs. 55,900,000
36. Prasanna Ranathunga - Rs. 56,100,000
37. Kokila Gunawardhana - Rs. 58,700,000
38. Mohan P.De Silva - Rs. 60,100,000
39. Nimal Lanza - Rs. 69,200,000
40. Ali Sabri Raheem - Rs. 70,900,000
41. Gamini Lokuge - Rs. 74, 900,000
42. Johnston Fernando - Rs. 93,400,000
43. Keheliya Rambukwella - Rs. 95,900,000

Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa noted that some regional and district secretaries had been pressured to overestimate the extent of the damages.

Additionally, he clarified that the maximum compensation for total damage from a disaster is Rs. 2.5 million.

In total, 43 MPs received Rs. 1.22 billion in total as compensation for properties destroyed by arson during the Aragalaya period.