Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror)- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that if former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has no other house to settle in, the government will provide him with a suitable house.

Speaking at a meeting in Thambuttegama, President Dissanayake said he and the Ministers have not moved into mansions and questioned why the former Presidents cannot change.

“It is not reasonable to live in a mansion at the cost of tax payers’ money. If the President and the Ministers have changed, why can’t they change? If the two have no place to go to, we will provide them with a suitable house to live in. The mansion they are residing in is too big,” he said.

“When they are asked to move out, they say it is political revenge. We are not taking revenge from anyone. We are taking the country in a new direction. They need to move out before they are asked to do so. We ask them to change. We need to think twice before we spend tax payers’ money,” he said.