The General Secretary of the SLFP Dayasiri Jayasekara has stated that the UNP has been offering over Rs. 100 million to SLFP-MPs to cross over to the UNP.
He had made this statement to the Silumina Newspaper.
The report further stated that this is an indication that with the heat of the elections, MP’s are being traded for between Rs. 100 million to 250 million.
It further states that all Sinhala, Muslim and Tamil MPs have been receiving such offers from main political parties.
(Mirror)