November 25, 2021 - Lanka Focus

Divisions within Government on seeking IMF help

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 admin

Divisions within Government on seeking IMF help Cabinet views contradict with parliamentary group Cabinet discusses pros and cons of turning to IMF Gammanpila in favour; Basil, Bandula, Vasu oppose BY Shenal Fernando -The Morning 25-11-2021) Amidst proposals and recommendations by various economists and international rating agencies to seek International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance, the Government of Sri Lanka is divided on seeking such assistance, both within the Cabinet of Ministers and the parliamentary group, according to Co-Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Mass Media Dullas Alahapperuma. Speaking during the Cabinet press…

‘One country, one law’ and forgotten manuscripts

November 25, 2021August 6, 2022 admin

‘One country, one law’ and forgotten manuscripts (Malinda Seviratne – Daily Mirror) That’s politics and not some high minded philosophical predilection. They want a green Sri Lanka, for example, but would cut down all the trees and poison the land, air and water rather than see this government delivering what they are supposedly fighting for. What Rajapaksa and Premadasa (and other candidates) promised is that there would be a single corpus of laws. In other words, what applies to a Sinhalese would apply to a Tamil, what applies to a…