The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake raised a Point of Order seeking clarification on the country’s post-2022 economic recovery process. He stated that after Sri Lanka’s bankruptcy, President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged the IMF and that the country exited bankruptcy by September 2024, urging the Government to continue that programme while also reviving the economy through domestic investment.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a Point of Order.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, I think a clarification is needed. After the country went bankrupt in 2022, when Ranil Wickremesinghe became President, he went to the IMF, and by September 2024 the country exited bankruptcy. We must recall that. We commend taking that process forward. That is the right thing. What is needed now is to continue it. We reminded then that the economy must be revived by investing within the economy. Let us move the economy forward. Whatever views we have here in Parliament, a couple of party ghosts may try to deny that reality, but through that process the country has strengthened today. I must recall that.
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