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JVP leader tells Parliament how gullible our ministers are

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2 years ago

2021/01/21

By Saman Indrajith

Women and Child Development, Pre-School and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services State Minister Piyal Nishantha ingested, Dhammika Peniya touted as the medicine against the pandemic, but he was now inflicted with COVID-19, JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament.

“Among those who drank the syrup in the Parliament complex, Minister Nishantha was prominent. He was standing next to was Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Indigenous Medicine Minister Sisira Jayakody. Now, the entire world can see the efficacy of the syrup.”

MP Disanayake said. “It is unfortunate that our Ministers are so gullible and fall for such antics. Worse, they are setting wrong examples by endorsing such concoctions. Their actions have a detrimental effect on our indigenous medicinal practices that are thousands of years old. The first medicinal formula in this country dates back to the second century BC. It was for a medicinal drink made for Arahant Maliyadeva by an indigenous doctor. That medicinal drink is still in use after 2,200. Prof. Chandana Jayaratne studied that and published details about our traditional medicine. We have indigenous medical practices such as meeting vows to obtain divine blessings. But no medicines were revealed by men who went into trances.

We regret that even the Speaker of Parliament fell for the false claims made by a man. It was a disgrace to the entire House.

Suppose a new medicine is found or an hitherto unknown methods discovered and it is presented to the Health Minister. What the Minister should have done was to refer it to the medicinal research institutes.

Instead, the Health Minister drank it in front of the media.

I am asking the Health Minister never to do it again. She should not do drug testing. She should leave it to the experts.

A person could come with an innovation of using water instead of petrol and present it to the relevant Minister. What should the Minister do? He or she should refer it to the agencies that could test whether water could be used instead of petrol. What would happen if that minister tank his vehicle up with that liquid and try to drive away.

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Stay on course and don’t go back to the past – Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy

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7 hours ago

2023/03/24

Priyan

Former Governor of the Central Bank delivering the keynote address at a high profile Webinar hosted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka today (24) said that Sri Lanka must implement the structural reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without relaxing like in the past or else we will be in a deeper economic mess.

The webinar was titled ‘What is next for Sri Lanka in the wake of the IMF programme’

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Sustainable economic development goals cannot be achieved unless attention is paid to mitigating climate change – Sagala Ratnayake

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7 hours ago

2023/03/24

Priyan

President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake said sustainable economic development goals cannot be accomplished without taking steps to mitigate climate change.

He said this while participating in the 10,000 sapling planting program organized by the LEO Youth Vision 2048 Club and the LEO Club at the Royal College, Colombo on Thursday (23rd).

This program was organized in view of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s birthday, which is today (24), and the required plants were distributed to the main schools of the Colombo District.

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SF claims thousands of police and military personnel leaving

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19 hours ago

2023/03/24

Thilina Walpola

By Saman Indrajith

Thousands of police and military personnel had left the services recently as they did not want to carry out illegal orders, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday. According to the war-winning army commander 200 policemen have resigned during the past two months and 25,000 soldiers have left the army during the last two years.

“We urged the law enforcement and military officials not to follow illegal orders. We will reinstate them with back pay,” he said.

Fonseka also urged the President and the government MPs not to take people for fools.

“Sri Lanka owes 55 billion dollars to the world. Ranil’s plan is to borrow another seven billion during the next four years. So, in four years we will owe 62 billion to the world.

Ranil and his ministers ask us what the alternative to borrowing is. These are the people who destroyed the economy and society. They must leave. Then, we will find an alternative and develop the country,” he said, adding that the IMF loans had made crises in other nations worse.

“Ranil says that by 2025, we will have a budget surplus as in Japan, Germany and South Korea. These countries are economic power houses, and this comparison is ludicrous.”