Opposition Leader Applauds Budget 2018

Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan praised the Budget as it included proposals beneficial to all people including the Tamils. TNA MP Sumanthiran endorsed it stating their proposals too have been accommodated in the Budget. They stressed the need to implement the budgetary proposals in full.

The maiden Budget speech of Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera was commended by
many Parliamentarians in the Government benches as encouraging and forward looking, while the Joint Opposition and JVP members hardly had any positive comments to make to the media on the Budget 2018.