18 August 2022 08:46 am Views - 142
By Yohan Perera
Three Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs Dr.Harsha de Silva, Eran Wickramaratne and Kabir Hashim yesterday said they no longer intend to criticize the government but will focus on making proposals to push the nation through the current economic crisis.
The three MPs made this remark at a press conference last morning.
“We proposed removing of regulations pertaining to converting dollars into rupees in Parliament last Friday and the Central Bank announced the withdrawal of the mandatory requirement to convert service export receipts / proceeds that are received in Sri Lanka into rupees. We commend the Central Bank Governor for this move,” De Silva said.
“We don’t intend to criticize the government continuously but we will come up with proposals to revive the crisis stricken economy,” MP Wickramaratne said.
MP Hashim while highlighting that Sri Lanka has managed to generate some dollars since recently, stated that this has to be maintained. ‘Sri Lanka will not have to bow down to too many suggestion which the International Monetary fund (IMF ) might come up with if the dollar inflow is maintained effectively.,” the MP said.
However, Hashim said his party will oppose the proposal made by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene to pay compensation to those whose court cases were dismissed as a result of technical shortcomings.