IMF technical assistance reports will be submitted to Parliament: President

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Colombo, March 14 (Daily Mirror) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he will submit the IMF technical assistance reports to Parliament soon.

The President in his latest X message said he will submit the reports to Parliament following a request by TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran during talks on Tuesday. The President met TNA MPs on Tuesday to dicuss the IMF assistance programme.

"MP Sumanthiran voiced a key concern regarding the availability of the IMF technical assistance reports. I committed to releasing these reports to the TNA and Parliament. We discussed further how our government remains dedicated to following a structured roadmap for economic stability," the President said.

"I invited party leaders to discuss the IMF proposals. I always encourage open dialogue and shared commitment. TNA Leader and Parliamentarian, M.A. Sumanthiran, along with other stakeholders, joined me yesterday. We discussed the progress of our negotiations with creditors at this meeting. We remain optimistic about concluding these discussions by June this year.

"I invited Sumanthiran and other opposition members to engage directly with the IMF to fully understand our proposals. Sumanthiran’s acceptance of my invitation to engage in this dialogue underscores the spirit of bipartisan cooperation we seek to foster. I hope the other party leaders will join these efforts, setting politics aside for the sake of our country and people," the President added.

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Lasantha Thursday, 14 March 2024 09:51 AM

SJB and NPP have never come to the party over the past couple of years. They fear that any bipartisan approach to speed up the economic turnaround will prejudice their power grabbing hops. So they would rather sit on the sidelines and hope and pray that things will deteriorate further with their opposition to each and every suggestion and initiative of the government to address pressing issues. Power and self before country. To add fuel to the fire they go around promising to go back the roots of prior failures like subsidies and handout which the country can ill afford. After all, for them promises of free handouts and subsidies on the public purse does not cost them anything personally, but may provide them hope of power which they so eagerly crave for.

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Raven Thursday, 14 March 2024 10:18 AM

That's a telling jab at SJB and JVP. Well said, president.

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LK Thursday, 14 March 2024 10:30 AM

We need to get rid of this culture of borrowing money for interest in Sri Lanka. In the name of mega-developments ( Unsustainable), we put this country in this difficult situation. No one disputes some of these development projects are needed but not all. poor decision-making by some of our politicians without the advice of experts in these areas, we have put this country and its 22 million people in jeopardy and now it is not those 225 who suffer but 22 million people suffer. Now, People have lost confidence and faith in those 225. they feel till some good people come to power people will be fooled, fooled, and fooled again and again and again. Politicians have been doing it for 75 years now. Now, the entire country has woken up in politics. enough is enough. NPP's policy on this matter is a viable one and people trust NPP no other.

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Punchi Thusithaya Friday, 15 March 2024 04:58 AM

This tiny island's true stakeholders will nominate a completely new independent face to contest presidential election if it is called and go ahead with IMF technical assistance, confiscating all plundering that UNP,SLFP,SJB,JVP(NPP) or the bad Bud can never do.

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simon maama Friday, 15 March 2024 06:55 AM

Why now, you did not submit the original documents to the parliament, you and your coterie negotiated with IMF, thinking that Sri Lanka is your own family estate or property. When IMF deal is showing the signs of a major failure, you want to hoodwink the parliament.

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