Government refutes printing money, obtaining foreign loans

Colombo,October 29 (Daiy Mirror) - While refuting reports of printing money under the new government, Cabinet spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said today the government had neither printed money nor obtained loans from foreign countries or institutions.

He told the weekly briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that if money has been printed, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as the Finance Minister should have signed the currency notes, adding that no such notes signed by the President have been issued.

Responding to a question, he said it was falsely reported that Rs. 1 billion currency notes had been printed.