30 July 2022 12:00 am Views - 257
While calling for an all party or multi party government, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said Sri Lanka’ will slide further as a nation.
“I have urged from day one that we must establish an all or multi party government. My reasoning has always been that without broad support we will NOT be able to undertake the deep and comprehensive structural economic reforms needed to get us out of this mess.
Today even the World Bank had said without such reform no money will come. That is true. But even before that without reform we cannot get IMF agreement nor deal with our creditors Dr. De Silva said when Daily Mirror inquired from him on the reports which said he is to be appointed as the minister of finance. “Most politicians either don’t understand the depth of the economic crisis we are in or they are not interested in resolving the crisis. It is my view that unless such a government is setup and reforms commenced we will slide further as a nation and get closer to an implosion. Of course such a government must be interim, short term. The current Parliament does not reflect the peoples mandate. It is completely distorted. Thus if such a multi party government is to established then we must agree to elections at the earliest possible time,” he added.