Original sentence: Ameresekere stated he could repay the money within one month because he was owed a larger sum by the Treasury, supplying a letter from the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, S.Attygalle, to that effect.In December 2015, Ameresekere was involved in controversy due to a then unpaid overdraft of LKR 100Mn drawn on a state bank in December 2014 (ie, during the previous regime)