Some 43 former MPs have obtained compensation for a tune of Rs. 1.2 billion for the damages caused to their houses and property during the Aragalaya incidents, Chief Government Whip Nalinda Jayatissa alleged in Parliament today.

He told Parliament that they have claimed massive compensations by influencing government officials to overestimate damages caused to their houses. 

Dr. Jayatissa said 43 former MPs have claimed a total of Rs. 1.224 billion by influencing government officers to overestimate damages caused to their houses.

He said former MP Kapila Nuwan Athukorala has been paid Rs 504,000 as compensation while Wimalaweera Dissanayake has been paid Rs 550,000, Geetha Kumarasinghe Rs 922,000, Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi Rs 1.1 million, Gunapala Ratnasekera Rs 1.4 million, Premnath Dolawatte Rs Rs 2.3 million, Priyankara Jayaratne Rs 2.3 million, S. Athukorala Rs 2.5 million, Jayantha Ketagoda Rs 2.8 million, Wimal Weerawansa Rs 2.9 million, Channa Jayasumana Rs 3.3 million, Akila Ellawala Rs 3.5 million, Chamal Rajapaksa Rs 6.5 million, Asoka Priyantha Rs 7.2 million, Chandima Weerakkody Rs 6.9 million, Samanpriya Herath Rs 10.5 million, Rohitha Abeygunawardena Rs 11.6 million, Seetha Arambepola Rs 13.7 million, Sahan Pradeep 17.1 million, Shehan Semasinghe Rs 18.5 million, Indika Anuruddha Rs 19.5 million, Milan Jayatilaka Rs 22.3 million, Ramesh Pathirana Rs 28.1 million, Duminda Dissanayake Rs 28.8 million, Kanka Herath Rs 29.2 million, D. B. Herath Rs 32.1 million, Prasanna Ranaweera Rs 32.7 million, W. Weerasinghe Rs 37.2 million, Santha Bandara Rs 39.1 million, S. M. Chandrasena Rs 43.8 million, Sanath Nishantha Rs 42.7 million, Siripala Gamlath Rs 50.9 million, Arundika Fernando Rs 55.2 million, Sumith Udukumubura Rs 55.9 million, Prasanna Ranatunga Rs 56. 1 million, Kokila Gunawardene Rs 58. 7 million, Mohan P. De Silva Rs 60.1 million, Nimal Lanza Rs 69.2 million, Ali Sabry Rahim Rs. 70.9 million, Gamini Lokuge Rs 74.9 million, Johnston Fernando Rs 93.4 million and Keheliya Rambukwella Rs 95.9 million.

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