Will create governance free of fraud, corruption and misuse: AKD

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Colombo, September 17 (Daily Mirror)- National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake urged people to vote for him to form a government free of fraud, corruption and misuse.

He told the daily Mirror that NPP will create political stability soon after coming to power and that the programme to develop the economy will be implemented step by step afterwards.

Dissanayake said the NPP is taking power on September 21 to move forward the country for a transformation of a new era.

Meanwhile speaking at a rally in Ruwanwella, he said the current economic crisis was created by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa only became the victim of the crisis created by Wickremesinghe.

He said Sri Lanka has obtained USD 15.5 billion from the International Sovereign Bonds (ISB) and that only USD 3 billion was obtained during the Mahinda Rajapaksa era and that the rest of USD 12.5 billion was obtained during the Ranil Wickremesinghe's Good Governance government of four years in 2015.

"Sri Lanka has already settled the USD 3 billion obtained during Rajapaksa's term. Sri Lanka is still to pay USD 12.5 billion ISBs obtained during Ranil Wickremesinghe's term in 2015. Sri Lanka's Dollar reserve depleted after failing to settle that loan. No international institutions provided us loans afterwards and our reserves depleted. So, then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had to spend the Dollar reserves in the Central Bank and those reserves also ran out. Then, we were unable to procure fuel and gas creating fuel and gas shortage which resulted in the power outage. That is how the economic crisis emerged. Gotabaya only became the victim of the crisis created by Ranil Wickremesinghe," he said.

Dissanayake said after Ranil Wickremesinghe took office following Gotabaya's removal, only what Ranil did was to stop paying loans and procured fuel and gas with the Dollars saved due to non-payment of loans.

Comments - 56

Dieter Ulrich, born in DDR Tuesday, 17 September 2024 11:52 PM

Are Sri Lankans really so gullible and ignorant to vote for a communist? Do you read the worldnews at all? Did you ever hear about dictatorial regimes like Venezuela,Cuba,China,Belarus,Russia etc?Putin has a billiondollar mansion at the Black Sea while the poor Russians are suffering and losing their sons because of this megalomaniac warlord. Western Europe was very fortuned to be liberated from the nazis by Canada,Britain and USA instead of liberated by Russia. Just look at the difference between Eastern Europe and Western Europe

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Bandara perera Wednesday, 18 September 2024 12:23 AM

Surely sri lanka people are having a jolly good time created by your masters. By the way Anura is for market economy. You seems to be a miss informed guy

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Onlooker Wednesday, 18 September 2024 10:09 AM

So you feel an inexperienced team of NPP can sway away from Marxist Leninist Socialism to a neo liberal free market economy overnight as till the election came they were against IMF and all other contemporary liberal ideas. Changing spots overnight ?

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Insider Wednesday, 18 September 2024 10:22 AM

Anura and free market - a very sudden change to win votes. All this time they were Maxist Leninist with famous five lessons and Marxist–Leninists reject anarchism, left communism, currents of DEMOCRATIC socialism, reformist socialism, and SOCIAL DEMOCRACY. They oppose fascism, liberal democracy, and imperialism. Beware of changes suddenly to win votes.

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wickrama Wijayasiri Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:16 AM

Really appalled by your ignorance. Communism does not exist in the world any more. Please refer to a dictionary to find the meaning of Communism. The only other person I know of who uses the term is Donald Trump, to scare voters. 'Communism' is only a bad word today. Your knowledge of recent world history is bewildering. Comment about the facts if you need to vent your anger.

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Jeanne Wednesday, 18 September 2024 04:19 PM

Sorry to burst your "democratic" bubble but, communism DOES exist and worse still, it is alive and well in so-called Western countries ... it is subtle and quiet to the point where you don't know that you are under its spell. And thanks to the powers that these government grabbed during and post the covid 19 lockdowns and citizen controls. Yep. That's the 21st century global governance for you.

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Gert Jan, the Netherlands Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:21 AM

Spot on!

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Charlie Hebdo Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:35 AM

Very true. The big difference between Europeans and Sri Lankans is the quality and amount of education. They will believe all simple promises and fairytales and don't read the critical newspapers but only the tabloids and believe the man with the most simple solutions. Because they are simple themselves.

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Sam Silva Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:07 AM

Yes our srilankans are gullible and as a revenge our people are voting for them. Some think they have changed from their roots.

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Mohamed mifraz Wednesday, 18 September 2024 03:21 AM

Yes we will vote for NPP AKD. U are just fed by books. No practical at all. Our country needs to get rid of corruption first. It will automatically stabilise the economy with good governance. U people think only western are intelligent. We will show our intelligence based on our country's prosperity.

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D P P Prasad Wednesday, 18 September 2024 03:50 AM

How do you say that AKD follows the communist principles. Apparently your statement is baseless. Srilanka has been engulfed by the corruption and fraud. Since the independence the leaders who governed this country made it jeopardised for their own wealth. If the leaders are governing the country in a satisfactory manner nobody wants to panic. Don’t compare Sri Lanka with the countries like Venezuela and Cuba they have a different political landscape. Luckily those countries have not been either bankrupted or defaulted. Therefore as we assume that certain jealous morons who dislike the success of this country may make baseless allegations so as to hinder the victory of the NPP

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sss Wednesday, 18 September 2024 04:21 AM

Looks like the poster has been benefited from fraud, corruption and misuse and is scared of NPP cooing to power

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Vote wisely Wednesday, 18 September 2024 04:58 AM

@Dieter, you are spot on. People in Sri Lanka have it good that they don't realize what they stand to lose voting for communists. Such short sightedness leads everyone to suffer.

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prageeth melbourne Wednesday, 18 September 2024 05:17 AM

Stupid and ignorant, I have no idea what you are talking about. Russia does not follow socialism, and neither does China, if they do, they can't have such huge market-driven economies. Socialism is dead long ago, and modern capitalism or state capitalisms have attributes of both capitalism and socialism, look at Scandinavia, China they are good examples. After all, a bit of history: Russians fought against Naziz, and many believe Russians did the majority of the hard work, not Western allies. Just google the history of WWII. I don't live in SL, so I know how Western economies work. I started listening to AKD's speeches recently, and all that I tell is he is not a socialist or communist. He sounds very capitalist; he is talking about a market-driven economy, developing the private sector, reducing big government and its spending, cutting down corruption, investing in R

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Sunil Wednesday, 18 September 2024 05:52 AM

Your information and argument does not mean we can vote for any of the other 3 candidates Ranil or Sajith or Namal as their track record and background can never justify a vote. In the current circumstances, we have to give a vote to Anura and see if he performs. In the meantime, somebody can check why Yahapalana took such a big borrowing of 12.5 Billion ISB and fact check this. Was it creating projects to make commissions or genuine projects.

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Amila Perera Wednesday, 18 September 2024 06:16 AM

Just look at the poor people in Sri Lanka who casted their votes for the previous leaders who exploited wealth

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Yohan Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:17 AM

Mate issue is majority of our so called educated citizens and government servants are the biggest irresponsible lot. They want free stuff and vote for leftists and Marxists. This country is going backward since 1994 as above sector foolishly voted useless leftists and Marxists leaders with useless teams. I think the whole government sector should collapse, if you really want to bring this country out of woods. With 1.5m goverment sector servants this country always heads in the wrong direction. If Anura wins, this will worsen further more.

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Dineth 555 Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:19 AM

You are totally wrong in you assesment here my friend. People are looking for a change, a fresh beginning. They are fed up with traditional party or family politics. The so called politicians who ruled the country had led to nothing but disaster... So the people I feel most of them are just fed up....

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BanduXX Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:10 AM

Yes the choice is vote for sentiment and superficial demand for change or think and vote wisely for someone practical.

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Lanka Wednesday, 18 September 2024 12:29 AM

NPP will clean all dirty politics of Ranil and Sajith who looted all money and wealth. Still all those looters around him

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Dias Pora Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:11 AM

Please fact check this statement. AKD will ruin what is left of Sri Lanka. Let RW stabilize the precarious situation for next 5 years and then let AKD have a run at it in 2029. AKD is not the man for the moment. They will just transfer power from the president to the politburo. The avg man will become even more poorer.

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Hadam Wednesday, 18 September 2024 03:15 PM

Please don't make RW like some sort of savior. He had loads of opportunity when he was in Yahapalanaya and he went and did the bond scam.

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Ganesh Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:12 AM

Oh my you need prove your words GG had to take loans to cover the expenses of the megalomaniac MR and his lavish spending on white elephant projects. There is a limit to lies and mud slinging. What have ever constructively offered the people ? The answer is Zero and a pack full of fancy words and promises. Remember you will have a very short time to prove your salt, else the people will salt you and leave you out dry.

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wickrama Wijayasiri Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:25 AM

communism "a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs." Neither AKD nor the NPP are even on the same book! For that matter there are no countries like the above in the world today. It is non sustainable.

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Sanjaya Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:37 AM

Sri Lankans usually short thinking, gullible people. The apparent “Malima ralla” is just a sekewed public opinion based on lies, hatred and jealousy by politicians like AKD. But there is a silent majority of discernible people in Sri Lanka. For them there is only one candidate who does not base his political campaign on hatred, lies, and negative thinking - that is Sanjith- the first Sri Lankan presidential candidate ever repressing the whole nation.

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Dieter Ulrich, born in DDR Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:55 AM

Just name one communist country that did not fail. I am serious, commenters. Proof me that I am wrong!

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Sam Silva Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:17 AM

You were given an opportunity after the aragalya and should have taken that opportunity and done what you are saying now. If you have taken the opportunity and did, then you would have won the election in landslide. Instead wanted your conditions which you new it would never happened. You may win but will not have sufficient votes to form your own government.

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DK Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:21 AM

For the records Sri Lanka has been running budget deficits ie; spending more than what it could afford since post independence, thus amassing a debt mountain over this period. Lack of proper macro economic policies and other factors such as giving out free handouts to citizens and the deliberate bloating the non income generating bureaucracy both as means to buy votes, JVP insurrections - not one but two, and the ruinous civil war that spanned more than three decades all of these cumulatively made the built up debt unserviceable. So, AKD before pointing the finger at RW should realise that they, namely the JVP, too had a hand in brining about the economic mess that SL finds itself in. In other words this lot are no angels, they are as bad as the rest.

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Kevin Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:26 AM

No matter how much the IMF has given, as long as corruption remains at current levels there will be no progress. There is hole in the bucket. It leaks everything through corruption.

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Voter Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:54 AM

Exactly can you tell us how you became the 8th richest person in Sri Lanka? Your father was a poor labourer and your mum was a home maker, if so where did you get all this wealth? Perhaps from the moon? Don't expect us to believe you are Mahathma Gandhi or the one time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K. Kamaraj. Money flow via your pockets too. Hence do not preach to the converted about how dishonest politicians are in Sri Lanka.

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SP Wednesday, 18 September 2024 04:08 AM

Obviously the government should be corruption free but Anura has created this massive myth that all our problems will be solved if they come to power. As much as corruption and fraud impacted on our economy, the resistance, strikes and violence of the JVP in the past contributed to this situation. Every time the government tries to take some progressive steps these JVPers had resisted. I am personally aware of the Bheshanaya days in 87 to 89! This is party that thrived on each crisis to achieve their goals and the recent economic crisis is no different!

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Brave New World Wednesday, 18 September 2024 04:13 AM

Get ready folks. We are entering Gota part 2 era (Assuming that majority of our people are gullible enough to vote for this guy). We may also need to get ready for Aragalaya 2 and IMF new agreement.

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Ram P Wednesday, 18 September 2024 05:33 AM

Anura, Please remember it is easier said than done. To implement strict discipline is hard. Unlike others you can do it if you hold the scales evenly to all your old comrades as well as the new ones

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Ima Wednesday, 18 September 2024 06:08 AM

For last five decades, JVP members were not given due opportunities and they were look down upon, how in NPP government expecting to bring fairness to them

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Silly Point Wednesday, 18 September 2024 06:09 AM

You are also a fraud. Occupying a government house illegally.

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Well said Wednesday, 18 September 2024 06:45 AM

Did you say "will create a governance of fraud, corruption and misuse"?

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Bernard Jayatilake Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:25 AM

Do you expect the SLPP hard-core supporters to switch over to you by pandering ashamedly the ex-ruler as a desperate attempt to woo their votes to avoid depletion of votes at the last stage of campaigning and by praising the incumbent do you expect to romp home with their second preference?

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Karunakaran Jaffna Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:37 AM

We hope the people of Srilanka will vote for change and elect NPP. And can only hope AKD can give a corruption free market economy. People with vested interest are creating rumours to scare voters from NPP and elect the same corrupt UNP and RW, RW being master trickster who ruined the UNP now wants to ruin Srilanka too with his silly games.

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Sambo Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:40 AM

This is what all the other candidates fear. Their chances of playing out will come to an end .Democracy for them means they could steal and cheat and do any thing ,make stupid statements covered by parliamentary privileges.

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Kvt Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:46 AM

@dieter probably u are living under a Hugh rock... The ppl of Sri lanka have decided...... They want a president who has the backbone to stand up against 75 years of currpution! Free of nepotism, and absolutely free of friends and family business benifits!!!!

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Be Fair Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:51 AM

This is interesting. So RW has taken the most in terms of Loans. MR only 3B. And that's why we are in this mess. Can someone actually collaborate this statement? These figures seems not right

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DK Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:52 PM

He must have taken a leaf off Trump's playbook

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Dee Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:03 AM

Looking forward to the majority Sri Lankans suffering in the future

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Judge Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:25 AM

This will be a watershed moment in SL political landscape. It will be now or never. It is time to have a change and start a new begging. NPP has a chance to show people that they are ready to embrace the new world, move away from communism, encourage private sector and foreign investment, reform the education system, remove reliance on government for everything, get rid of government red tape, completely eradicate corruption, stop politicians putting people into non existant jobs. The list is so long. If you start doing the same things like those who ruled the country previously, good luck to SL. Stay as a developing nation for the next thousand years.

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Ahamed khan Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:44 AM

Not sure whether to address you as Your Excellency or Sahodaraya, This is what exactly we want from you initially, free of fraud and corruption and an ordinary person to get things done easily at any governmental offices without any influence used. The rest with proper strategies

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Suprise, suprise Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:45 AM

Oh my, oh my... How the wind changes and with it their allegiances. Now the Rajapaksa clan has done no wrong. Only Ranil?

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Devaka Attygalle Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:06 AM

This is MARXISM in disguise. NPP is Marxist JVP.

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Gamini Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:41 AM

Marxism is not the answer for SL's problems

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Gamini Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:43 AM

Did Namal AND AKD GET INTO SOME SORT OF PACT, HE IS SUDDENLY SHIFTING THE ENTIRE DEBT CREATION BLAME ON RW WHO ONLY SISNCERELY RESOLVED IT. OTHERWSIE WE WOULD STILL BE SYANDING IN THE QUEUE BECAUSE AKD AND SAJITH DID NOT HAVE TEH COURAGE TO TAKE CHARGE AND RESOLVE TEH CRSIS

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prageethw Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:55 AM

It is hilarious to read some comments, most people either don't know what socialism vs capitalism or they never listened to AKD speeches. To be honest, I'm very surprised by the economic and social policies announced by AKD; they are in no way near socialism rather very much modern capitalist policies. From small government, market-driven economy, building good human capital, IT and tourism to develop further to get more foreign currencies are very much capitalist policies, no way socialist policies.

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Insider Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:43 AM

Yes but the main question is why they changed suddenly from their earlier idealogy and turned neo liberal just in time to dupe voters. They have no background of proper economic policy.

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SP Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:13 AM

In the absence of a credible economic plan that can match their opponents, the NPP has chosen that catchy phrase ‘Corruption and Fraud’ as the panacea for all our ills. People should not fall for this massive myth created purely by the NPP and the SJB - a ragtag group led by their hilarious populist leader Sajith!

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Bandara Gamaga Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:57 AM

Biggest issue for most is jobs, wages, economic growth, better education. AKD will strangle the economy with high taxes, investors will flee, currency will depreciate, scarcity of goods. re play 2022

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Volker Metzger Wednesday, 18 September 2024 03:52 PM

All four of the repeatedly mentioned presidential candidates promise "Sri Lanka is heaven on earth" (!) !!! All of them are great prophets of salvation with their proclamation of the good news that the worst negative developments, especially in the economy, will be eliminated and corruption will be "abolished"! Anura Kumara is already proclaiming the radical renewal of society and is drawing a "new era" on the horizon !!! Whether all of this can be achieved with his economic model, which is by no means that of the social market economy, remains to be seen in the next two years! We will see how many large companies will invest in his economic model and how quickly things will improve for the people! I hope that Sir Raimund Popper will not be right in the end with his statement: "the (socialist) attempt to create heaven on earth always produced hell" !!!

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Foot Note Wednesday, 18 September 2024 04:27 PM

Before that there will be NPP and JVP clash with each other IF they win. This creation is very easy only if they come, not from the miracle of Asai.

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Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:29 PM

I am sure that AKD party will redefine corruption in their favour, tge same corruption will take place buy in different name.

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