{"id":79436,"date":"2022-09-08T00:36:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=79436"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:37:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T01:37:52","slug":"barring-a-few-all-newly-appointed-state-ministers-including-some-tainted-by-allegations-of-corruption-and-violence-are-from-the-rajapaksas-sri-lanka-podujana-peramuna-slpp-or-its-long-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=79436","title":{"rendered":"Barring a few, all newly appointed State ministers, including some tainted by allegations of corruption and violence, are from the Rajapaksas\u2019 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) or its long-time allies."},"content":{"rendered":"\n


\nBy
\nMeera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka on Thursday appointed 37 State ministers, including one from the Rajapaksa family, as President Ranil Wickremesinghe expanded his government amid efforts to set the country\u2019s battered economy on a recovery path.<\/p>\n

Barring a few, all newly appointed ministers, including some tainted by allegations of corruption and violence, are from the Rajapaksas\u2019 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP or People\u2019s Front) or its long-time allies. <\/p>\n

They held similar, or in some instances, same positions, in the former Rajapaksa administration that was booted out by a historic people\u2019s uprising. <\/p>\n

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Shasheendra Rajapaksa, a nephew of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the first member of the family to return to a ministerial post after waves of street protests demanded that the \u201cRajapaksas go home\u201d taking responsibility for the crippling economic crisis.<\/p>\n

Taking to Twitter, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa slammed the move. \u201cWhen our nation faces its worst economic crisis, the appointment of so many State ministers is nothing short of a crime. The government has a social contract with the people, not with themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Food Programme (WFP) has noted that hunger \u201cis rising sharply in Sri Lanka\u201d. \u201cMillions of the poorest Sri Lankans can no longer afford an adequate diet and we fear the situation may get worse in the weeks to come,\u201d said John Aylieff, WFP\u2019s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, while concluding a recent visit.<\/p>\n

On September 1, Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed a staff-level agreement for a $2.9 billion package, which the international lending agency has made conditional on Sri Lanka successfully restructuring its foreign debt. President Wickremesinghe\u2019s uphill task includes negotiating with Sri Lanka\u2019s diverse group of creditors, and implementing likely unpopular policies, while keeping the SLPP\u2019s support for him intact in Parliament.<\/p>\n

With President Wickremesinghe\u2019s efforts to form an all-party government proving unsuccessful so far, his reliance on the Rajapaksas\u2019 party, still the largest in Parliament, continues. Opposition parties have refused to join the administration, contending that the government lacks a people\u2019s mandate and is \u201ccracking down\u201d on peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Meera Srinivasan Sri Lanka on Thursday appointed 37 State ministers, including one from the Rajapaksa family, as President Ranil Wickremesinghe expanded his government amid efforts to set the country\u2019s battered economy on a recovery path. Barring a few, all newly appointed ministers, including some tainted by allegations of corruption and violence, are from the …<\/p>\n

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