Refuting claims by certain media outlets and some neo liberalists speculating about likely international sanctions on Sri Lanka, Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion, Bandula Gunawardena said that the country faces no such threats.
He told the Sunday Observer that the United National Party brought the country towards the extreme end of neo liberalism, destroying the national economy. “Take the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for example.
The IMF loan was given as Ravi Karunanayake, the previous Finance Minister of the UNP government had devastated the economy.
Ravi Karunanayake and Mangala Samaraweera, the Finance Ministers of the former government didn’t meet IMF conditions. That led to the halt of the final tranche of the IMF grant,” the Minister said.
Minister Gunawardena said that the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government during 2006-2015 confronted much greater challenges while ending the war against terrorism and launching massive development throughout the country.