SriLanka, July 18 -- Former Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake appeared before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to investigate alleged corruption and fraud in the Colombo Municipal Council yesterday (17).

She said that she had been summoned to inquire into the programme to provide food vouchers to low-income and needy people through Sathosa, a government agency, during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis during her term as mayor.

"Tell the people why I was called up. During the pandemic and the economic crisis, we provided food vouchers to the needy through Sathosa.

I was asked to come to answer their questions about that programme,"Senanayake said.

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