• Numbers.lkBetaSri Lanka in Numbers
Desk
  • Home
Reporting
  • Write-ups
  • Takeaways
Trackers
  • Exchange Rates
  • Inflation
  • Credit Ratings
  • Bank Ratings
Maps
  • Internet Speeds
Tools
  • Income Tax Calculator
  • Loan Installment
  • Electricity Bill Calculator
  • Water Bill Calculator
  • Internet Speed Test
Numbers.lkSri Lanka in Numbers

Reporting

  • News
  • Analysis
  • Explainers
  • Write-ups
  • Takeaways

Trackers

  • Exchange Rates
  • Inflation
  • Credit Ratings
  • Bank Ratings
  • Internet Speeds

Tools

  • All Tools
  • Income Tax
  • Loan Installment
  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Speed Test

Company

  • About
  • Privacy
  • Terms

© 2019–2026 Numbers.lk

Sri Lanka in numbers, context, and plain English.

Numbers.lk logo

Numbers.lk

@numberslka

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Strips Ex-Presidents of Benefits - Parliament Votes 151–1

⭕ Pension is now the only benefit left for retired presidents. It ends upon their death; spouses do not receive it.

⭕ According to Minister Ananda Wijepala, the government spent Rs. 98.5 million in 2024 on benefits for 5 ex-presidents and 1 widow.

👉 Average = Rs. 1.37 million per month per president/widow.

⭕ For comparison, a single Parliament sitting costs about Rs. 50 million today (Rs. 31.2 million in 2022).

⭕ Rather than encouraging dignified retirement, this incentivizes maximizing personal gain while in office.

⭕ When no post-office dignity is guaranteed, the temptation to extract benefits while in power increases dramatically.

⭕ The annual Rs. 98.5 million saved is minuscule compared to the long-term cost to Sri Lanka, which could far exceed these savings.

⭕ Good populist politics but bad long-term policy.

#SriLanka #PresidentialEntitlements

11 Sep 2025, 20:10

Sources

  1. Original post on X — Numbers.lk (@numberslka)

Comments

63

  1. Numbers.lk more like Hiru News 😅😅

    1 year

  2. ⭕ Rather than encouraging dignified retirement, this incentivizes maximizing personal gain while in office. ⭕ When no post-office dignity is guaranteed, the temptation to extract benefits while in power increases dramatically. Exactly why people need to be electing better people and strengthen the legal framework

    1 year

  3. Thought this page was unbiased. Most of the time you guys wrote sense. This is so embarrassing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Recent writeups

All writeups
1 year

  • Numbers.lk So what's your suggestion? Maximizing benefits after the retirement so they won't steal anything while in power? What a dumb fuck you are 😂 Be somewhat logical without being a ret#drd when running a page. So Mahinda Rajapaksa and his gang didn't steal anything? 🤔

    1 year

  • Numbers.lk, let’s stop pretending that giving all these incentives to our politicians all this time stopped them from engaging in corruption. Public service should absolutely be adequately compensated I agree, but assuming that politicans’ level of corruption is inversely proportional to their pay is not borne out by reality, as Sri Lanka’s recent political history amply demonstrates.

    1 year

  • Can I rent out one of those mansions for 1.37m per month ?

    1 yearLikes:1

  • Big minds dream big, small minds settle small. කයිය නායක 50g brain 🤌🏽

    1 yearLikes:1

  • We would appreciate a detailed breakdown of the costs of the parliament sitting, as it would provide valuable insights into the allocation of funds and enhance our understanding of the expenses incurred.

    1 year

  • From today we are a prosperous country and we can enjoy the benefits of these cost savings

    1 year

  • You had the same stupid logic some time ago as well 🤣🤣

    1 year

  • Well. This is a biased opinion. And good example of how not to quantity everything. Get the full benefits breakdown not only the ones that helps you to justify your own conclusion.

    1 yearLikes:3

    1. And the logic. Let us give them more money afterwards so that they won’t steal while they are in the office. Using the same logic whats stopping them from stealing money while they are in office? Two different problems. Right? And you thought we wouldn’t notice 😂

      1 yearLikes:1

  • Numbers.lk What exactly is your logic here? Just because one parliament sitting cost ~50 mil(this too, not verified), it's pointless to save ~98+mil annually? 🤣 You feeling sad? :(

    1 year

  • Numbers.lk written by ChatGPT?

    1 year

  • Numbers.lk Please mention the source of the present cost of Parliamentary sittings per day.

    1 year

  • Dont cry Numbers.lk

    1 yearLikes:2

  • AKD ♥️ keeping up the promise of system change.

    1 yearLikes:1

  • This is what happens when you try to quantify everything based on numbers. 💆

    1 yearLikes:1

  • So is this NumbersLK or TrashOpinionLK now?

    1 yearLikes:3

  • I wanna meet the lady who wrote this caption 🙉

    1 yearLikes:6

    1. Suresh Wenuka Godakanda it makes sense

      1 year

    2. Afzal it makes sense for whoever paid for this post 🙉

      1 yearLikes:1

    3. Suresh Wenuka Godakanda makes sense for whoever has some common sense

      1 year

    4. Afzal coz you wanna justify the shit. Waste state funds unnecessary to expecting politicians to reduce corruptions in their term.? That’s the most stupidest thing I ever heard bro 💔 That knowing all the recent presidents are in asian rankings for most corrupted politicians & richest politicians 🙉 Disappointed 💔

      1 yearLikes:1

    5. Suresh Wenuka Godakanda now even a good president will not get any perks at his retirement. Great isn’t it?

      1 year
    6. 7 more replies

  • Dignified retirement 🤣

    1 yearLikes:1

    1. Chathura Nadeeshan Dignified Retirement for Bankrupting the Country

      1 year

    2. Hussain Fzen exactly

      1 yearLikes:1

    3. Chathura Nadeeshan Dignified Retirement for Bankrupting the Country

      1 year

  • What a biased news article. Who told you to write this?

    1 yearLikes:4

  • Can you mention the source of the cost of Parliament sitting?

    1 yearLikes:4

  • What’s your point 🤫

    1 yearLikes:2

  • Lost all your credibility. Bravo 👌

    1 yearLikes:5

  • Is this average 1.37 million per month cost includes the salaries of ~100 of service staff allocated to the ex president? Probably not. It doesn’t add up. Those staff members can allocated to their real jobs now.

    1 yearLikes:5
    • All 63 comments

    Recent writeups

    All writeups
    1. 14Oct🇱🇰🏎️ Yevan David Takes a Step Forward in Formula 3, Joins Van Amersfoort Racing for 2027⭕ Sri Lankan racing driver Yevan David, 19, will join Dutch outfit Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR) for his second FIA Formula 3 season, moving...
    2. 14Oct🇱🇰🏖️ Sri Lanka Tops Asia’s Best Beaches in 2026🏆 Asia’s Top 10 Beaches in 2026 1. 🇱🇰 Arugam Bay Beach, Sri Lanka ❤️ 2. 🇹🇭 Railay Beach, Thailand 3. 🇲🇾 Coral Beach, Malaysia 4....
    3. 12OctSri Lanka 🇱🇰 spent less than 30% of its 2026 capital allocation through September - EconomyNext⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 allocated Rs.1,380 billion for capital spending in 2026 - to fund infrastructure and other public investment. ⭕ First...
    4. 11Oct🇱🇰 From Classrooms to the Army: For the First Time in History, Sri Lanka Army Honours Its Top Contributing Schools⭕ The Sri Lanka Army has recognized 12 schools for producing the highest number of currently serving Army officers and soldiers, during...