Government not affected by defeat – Ravi Karunanayake
Condemning the unparliamentary move to defeat the finance regulation, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday maintained that the government was not least affected by this but assured to continue with granting the already proposed concessions to the people.
The Minister said the already decided concessions to Samurdhi recipients and the funds allocated to purchase paddy will be granted as planned but the additional concessions which the government was hoping to give would be hindered because of this move.
Lashing out at what he called the unethical attack on the Parliamentary traditions by Mahinda Rajapaksa backed faction, the Minister said only the general public would be further burdened by this move.
Stating that there is no necessity to go for an early dissolution of Parliament, Mr. Karunanayake said 175 MPs will support the government in future and this unexpected vote cannot decide its strength.
Addressing a late evening media briefing he added that the government’s sole purpose of bringing up this regulation was to reduce the burden placed on the people with huge debts by the previous regime.
Deputy Minister of Policy Planning Dr. Harsha de Silva said this was nothing unusual but one of the treasury management methods. “We were expecting this to work and reduce high debt to low debt ultimately giving a huge relief to the common man” he stated.
Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella said following the assurance by Opposition Leader MP Nimal Siripala de Silva not to go for a voting on the regulations yesterday morning, this unparliamentary move shows only a division in the Opposition.
(Daily Mirror)
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Yes not affected. Go and ask money to give election bribes in the form of salary increases, subsidised fuel and food, free money for pregnant mothers, from the US or EU embassies. If not affected, why bothered in the first place? Having nothing useful to do as the finance minister? Governments all over the world would go to any extent to avoid such a defeat including much hated three-line whip.
The Yahapalanaya is tottering. If the Yahapalanaya Government is “not affected” why did they go for the big loan in the first place?
I know the answer; the Yahapalanaya’s new catchers like like Mahendram are hungry and want to eat SLRs. So to satisfy their hungry supporters, the Yahapalanaya is borrowing big on behalf of the taxpayer.
Hey, Hon Ravi, if you have the guts please admit Mahendram and son-in-law Aloysius made Rs 9 billion in one day. But your leader doesn’t have the guts to sack the Mahendram and so he appointed a committee of donkeys to investigate Mahendram.
Mahendram’s case is now in SC and we are all waiting to see how the ex-LTTE sympathiser, Chief Justice Pavam will behave in this case.
That is right , Sir Ravi.
Put your iron foot down and tell them that you are not going to be intimated by anyone.
You have precedence created for you by the most democratic Prime Minister Mr. Dudley Senanayaka when he led a minority gov.1965. He was defeated at the election of a speaker and at the throne speech . Let the dogs bark .Chase the caravan right round the Circus. There are hundreds, nay thousands to applaud.
This clearly shows the gross incompetence of this st**** Finance minister. If this is not going to affect the day to day operations of the government, then why did he spent so much time and resources of the government to present this bill to the parliament?
According to the numbers, during last 98 days (of the 100 days of promised gawa palanaya), Rs. 3 billion has been reduced from the government coffers (savings). Government is currently struggling to pay government sector salaries for April.
Still this st**** id*** says it does not affect ! Are you talking from your rear end where your brain comfortably sits?
Of course it will not affect until all the government savings are finished, but by then you and the rest of the cows in the gawa palanaya will be gone and whoever wins the next election will have to face the burden.