In a candid interview with the Sunday Observer, Former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and the Colombo District Leader of the United National Party (UNP), acknowledged the need for International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance while criticising the organisation’s demands and called for a more “human” approach. He also spoke regarding the recent salary hike of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) employees and stated that it cannot be justified on any grounds.
එළැඹෙන ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේ ජනාධිපතිවරණය පැවැත්වෙන අතර ඒ සඳහා නිර්පාක්ෂික අපේක්ෂකයා වශයෙන් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ඉදිරිපත් වන බව හිටපු මුදල් අමාත්‍ය රවී කරුණානායක පැවසීය.
සියලු දෙනාටම වියදම් සීමාකර මූල්‍ය පාලනයක් ඇතිකර ගන්නා ලෙස රජය අවධාරණය කර ඇති පසුබිමේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව ඒ කිසිත් නොතකා ඔවුන්ගේ වැටුප් වැඩිකර ගැනීමේ කිසිදු සාධාරණයක් නොමැති බවද ඒ මහතා අවධාරණය කළේය.
The government has made major strides towards transforming the economy while making growth more inclusive during the past 19 months as it cannot afford another economic crisis of magnitude in 2022.
But much remains to be done to create a better future for all Sri Lankans, former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake stated, adding that a unique opportunity is now opened to implement permanent structural reforms that may be difficult under normal circumstances.
நாடு எதிர்கொண்டுள்ள பாரிய பொருளாதார நெருக்கடிக்கு தீர்வு காண, குறுகிய அரசியல் நோக்கங்களைப் புறந்தள்ளிவிட்டு
அனைவரும் ஒன்றிணைய வேண்டும் என, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சியின் கொழும்பு மாவட்ட தலைவரும் முன்னாள் நிதியமைச்சருமான ரவி கருணாநாயக்க தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (14) met the UNP management committee and made several appointments.
Main among them is the appointment of Ravi Karunanayake as the convenor of a new UNP-led alliance.
Wickremesinghe’s presidential campaign manager will be Harin Fernando.