There has been much controversy in the political field about two female parliamentarians and 19 male members receiving extortion of Rs. 200,000 each month for supporting the Ranil-Pohottu coalition government.
Lankadeepa newspaper revealed this yesterday, and after that, a large number of people focused on it. The news has received a lot of attention from social media, alternative activists, and journalists.
The people commenting on it from the legal field have emphasized that as mentioned in the news, the person who paid the extortion amount of Rs.200,000 as well as the MPs who received the extortion should be exposed immediately and brought before the law.
Legal experts have weighed in on the matter, pointing out that there are numerous criminal laws, in addition to the Penal Code, that could be used to prosecute those involved.
The highlight of the news is that provisional President Ranil Wickremesinghe has revealed that he has been paying MPs extortion to protect his power.
