• He is exaggerating the economic crisis to cover up his failure

By Ajith Siriwardana

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was exaggerating the economic crisis for his own political agenda, which had aggravated the crisis, JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

He told a news conference that the Prime Minister has been a spokesman who was exaggerating the economic crisis to cover up his failure, and said he was exaggerating the situation to convince that the crisis was managed at least this level due to his success.

“The Prime Minister is exaggerating the economic crisis. He said recently that fuel was only sufficient for one day. As a result, people lined up in queues even more. He also said the government will have to print Rs. 3 trillion of money. People who have knowledge of economics are withdrawing money deposited in banks. It has aggravated the crisis.He also said food is only sufficient for one week and people will have to obtain only two meals a day.