The vehicles are currently at the Hambantota Port.

It is said that the cars were imported from the supplementary estimate of nearly Rs.1.18 billion allocated last month.

However, media reports cited Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as to directing the Treasury not to release funds to purchase new vehicles for MPs until funds have been allocated to to rebuild the damage that incurred after the explosion at the Salawa army camp in Salawa.