The Cabinet Sub-Committee has decided to cancel the Samurdhi Amendment Circular, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.
Meanwhile the Cabinet of Ministers has noted that the government has not taken any decision to cut off the Samurdhi allowance and that the President has emphasized it the other day.
They say that the public have been misled by the false media reports, saying that Samurdhi Allowance of some beneficiaries has been suspended.
In the wake of protests from Samurdhi beneficiaries who staged countless protests and objections from politicians including members of the government, President Maithripala Sirisena last week assured that the government will not cut off or reduce the benefits of the Samurdhi beneficiaries.
He pointed out there are large number of people in the country who are eligible for the Samurdhi benefit but have not been granted them yet.
He said therefore the government will not cut off that benefit but will try to provide it to new applicants too.
President Sirisena said the various political accusations saying that the government is going to cut off the Samurdhi benefit are not true. “The current government always takes policy decisions for the betterment of the people,” he said.
