Opposition launches budget tracking website ‘oversight.lk’
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1 min readFrom 2 outlets- Newswire reports that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa directed the website’s launch.
- The site covers the government’s two previous budgets and proposals in the upcoming budget.
- Newswire reports that it includes ministry performance, audit findings, and revenue and expenditure data.
- The launch follows Opposition calls for more information about budget implementation.
Daily Mirror and Newswire report that the Opposition launched oversight.lk, a website intended to help the public scrutinise government finances and budget performance. Newswire says the launch took place on November 11 on the instructions of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.
Daily Mirror and Newswire say the platform covers the government’s two previous budgets as well as proposals in the upcoming budget. Newswire reports that its contents include information on the implementation of earlier budget proposals, ministry-by-ministry performance, audit findings on state institutions, and analysis of government revenue and expenditure.
Newswire reports that the website was launched ahead of President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s scheduled presentation of the 2027 Budget to Parliament on November 12. Newswire says the Opposition has called for greater transparency about how earlier budgets have been implemented.
Newswire reports that Premadasa questioned the government in Parliament on October 22 about progress on the 2026 Budget, seeking detailed information on ministry spending, project implementation and unspent allocations. Newswire says Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando responded that compiling the information would take time, citing the government’s performance-based budgeting approach.
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