By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 20, 2023Re-elected leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) and its founder Basil Rajapaksa (BR) declared last week that the party would definitely win the next national election. The boastful prediction was made at the second convention of the party held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Dec 15, two days after the SLPP voted for President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s (RW) Budget for 2024, presented…
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report in The Island, Nov 12, 2023ECONOMYNEXT –Amid speculation of a widening rift within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) over its political future, the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has called the SLPP’s bluff, challenging it to defeat the upcoming budget if they want an election. Former SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman said the SLPP can defeat the upcoming budget if they want a parliamentary election. “If the Rajapaksas want to go for…
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) made fresh engagements with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane on the next Cabinet reshuffle expected after the final vote of the budget in Parliament today, Daily Mirror learns. A group of SLPP MPs held talks with the Prime Minister on Tuesday evening regarding a host of matters including the Cabinet reshuffle with the inclusion of new faces . The party initially proposed portfolios for ten of its MPs. The party made…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 6, 2022President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint 12 new Cabinet ministers soon after the final vote on his maiden budget, according to sources. The vote is scheduled to be held on 08 Dec. Sources say that the SLPP has recommended ministerial portfolios for 10 of its members whereas UNP National List MP Wajira Abeywardena and SLFP’s Duminda Dissanayake, too, are expected to receive Cabinet positions. Abeywardena is the only…
By MAHADIYA HAMZA in EconomyNext, Nov 15, 2022 at 7:30 pmSri Lanka’s budget experts raised concerns over higher defence allocation in 2023 budget and said the move gives wrong signal on rationalizing the public spending. President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the finance minister presented 2023 budget in the parliament on Monday (14) which was expected to signal the policies needed to move out of the county’s economic crisis including hard reforms to satisfy…