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Contradicting Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardana, President’s Media Division (PMD) said Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country.
Contradicting Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardana, President’s Media Division (PMD) said Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country. The PMD said in a statement that the government is pursuing a “reverse graduation” policy for a limited period of time.
Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardane told the weekly Cabinet briefing this morning that the cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal to downgrade Sri Lanka from a middle income to low income status.
The immediate rectification by the President’s Office seems to show a rift between the Cabinet of Ministers and President Ranil Wickremesinghe.