President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe
Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana
- Officials way back in April 2022 insisted SL not bankrupt but opted for debt standstill
- Country continued to honour multilateral debt servicing and borrowed fresh funding, a phenomena not possible if SL was bankrupt
- Main Opposition SJB scoffs at move by Wickremesinghe to claim SL is no more bankrupt as an election gimmick
- Says a sovereign’s ability to repay external debt is regularly announced to the world by independent credit rating agencies; not by any politician
- Says Sri Lanka will get out of default rating only after the ISB exchange is completed
- Opines MLB-heavy ‘April Proposal’ is detrimental…
