State Minister for Media Shantha Bandara stated that the Election Commission (EC) owes a sum of Rs.18 million to the Government Printing Department.
The State Minister said that this amount should be paid for the services provided by the Government Printing Department to the Election Commission during the previous elections and other activities.
State Minister Shantha Bandara said that some amount of money needed for the payment of salaries and allowances to the employees of the Printing Department was obtained from the Treasury.
However, the Minister of State said that a formal programme will be prepared for the collection of monies due from various institutions to the Printing Department.
Also, the State Minister said that although the Printing Department requested an advance amount of Rs. 100 million from the Election Commission for the printing of ballot papers and other activities related to the upcoming Local Government elections, that amount has not been given so far.
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