The government had taken measures to provide the people Rs. 5000 to assist them through this difficult period despite the financial restraints faced by the government, but in accordance with the orders of the Election Commission to stop the granting of the Rs. 5000 allowance to the people, the government is compelled to comply with these orders and would not be able to grant the Rs. 5000 for June, Minister Bandula Gunawardena said during the Cabinet briefing May (21).
