Budget 2019 to be presented on 5 Nov.

By Skandha Gunasekara

The Government is set to present the Budget for 2019 on 5 November.

According to UNP sources, it was initially decided during the Government parliamentary group meeting at Temple Tees on Monday morning (17), chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, that it would be presented on 8 November.

However, the date was changed after the Opposition pointed out that this would not leave adequate time to debate the Budget.

Accordingly, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera will present Budget 2019 on 5 November at 2.00 p.m.

The Budget debate has been scheduled for 26 days.

The Second Reading of the Budget will be from 7-14 November while the vote on the Second Reading of the Budget will take place on the evening of 14 November.

The Budget Debate will also take place on Saturdays and the final vote will be on 8 December.