The Secretary General of Parliament Mr. Dhammika Dasanayake said (15) that steps will be taken to establish a separate budget office in Parliament to monitor the financial affairs by directly obtaining accurate information related to the government's financial control including income and expenditure.

The Secretary General said this at a special public outreach program jointly organized by the Parliament's Communications Department and the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) under the sponsorship of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in line with the International Day of Democracy on September 15.