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Muruttetuwe Ananda lashes wrong advice-givers misleading President
by Chaminda Silva
Chief Incumbent of the Abhayaramaya and Chancellor of the Colombo University Ven Muruttetuwe Ananda thero says that without weaning President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the charlatans and advisors feeding him with wrong ideas, the country cannot be saved.
Addressing a press conference held at the Abhayaramaya in Narahenpita on Thursday, Ven Ananda called the official advisors of President Rajapaksa a group of Kevattayas (wrong advise-giving Pundit from a Jataka story).
“The origin of all the problems the country is facing today could be traced these Kevattayas.
One of them resigned recently. The rest too should be removed if we are to save this country,” Ven Thero said.
He said there were some problems within the government but the president’s advisors were worsening the prevailing situation making it impossible for the government to run the country.
“One such Kevatta gave an advice on the use of organic fertilizers. Now the entire nation blames the government for the bungling over the fertilizer issue. The most urgent thing to do is not to run after dollars but to remove these Kevattas from their positions,” he said.
He said that the story doing the rounds that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is going to resign from his post was a total fabrication. “He will not go. If he’s to resign, he would do so only after informing us,” Ven Ananda thero said.
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted at their meeting held on 19.05.2025 in order to introduce amendments to the Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017 including the proposed tax revisions to enhance the tax structure paving way for state financial integrity based on revenue.
Accordingly, the revised draft bill has been prepared by the legal draftsman and clearance of the Attorney General has been received.
Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for
the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Policy Planning and Economic Development to publish the aforementioned draft bill in the government gazette notification and subsequently, forward the same to the Parliament for its concurrence.
The National Mineral Policy was prepared for the first time in the year 1999, and the aforementioned policy has been amended in 2023 to cover matters such as preparing an updated data system related to mineral resources, adding value to the export of minerals, encouraging mineral-related industrialists, extracting mineral resources and managing the environment sustainably, and resolving the issues related to the ownership of the land arising in extracting mineral resources.
The revised National Mineral Policy has been reupdated in line with the manifesto “A Sustainable Resource Utilization – Generation of the Highest Benefit” under the policy statement of the current government” A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life.”
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution presented by the Minister of Industries and
Entrepreneurship to implement the so-formulated “National Mineral Policy—2026.”
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