President Ranil Wickremesinghe will provide an opportunity to the leaders of Opposition parties accepted by Parliament to discuss the proposals of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with its high-level delegation.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, National People’s Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader S. Sridharan have been invited for the discussion which will be held at the Presidential Secretariat tomorrow, March 11. An open invitation has also been extended to others interested to join alongside the invited leaders.
Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance, MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has also been informed to participate in the discussion.
Dr. Harsha de Silva had recently requested President Wickremesinghe in Parliament to provide an opportunity to discuss the proposals of the program with the IMF. It is the President’s stance that the program with the IMF should be carried forward successfully to rebuild the country and collective accountability of all parties is necessary for that purpose.
Key figures set to participate in the discussions include Ministers of State Finance Shehan Semasinghe and Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayaka, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Treasury Secretary K.M. Mahinda Siriwardena and Senior Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs, Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga.
