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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, May 4, 2017
Ravi Blasts CB Governor at the Cabinet Sub Ccommitte
May 03, 2017
A
heated argument had erupted between the Governor of the Central Bank
Coomaraswamy and the Minister of Finance about borrowings, interest
rates and the state of the economy at the Cabinet Sub Committee on
Economic Affairs. The Finance minister had accused the governor of
playing a double game.
A minister present at the meeting told us the Prime Minister watched the
verbal duel with interest and the minister felt the Finance Minister
had said what the Prime Minister has been yearning tell the governor for
months, but could not say so because of the Govornor's friendship with
Minister Malik Samarawickrama.
The Prime Minster has been told by many Ministers the Govornor is
underperforming and has lost control of the Central bank, as a result
the economy is sliding down fast and the CB is run by Nivard Cabral
through his cronies.The Minister further said the Govornor was a close
associate of the previous regime and Nivard Cabral, we have shamelessly
gone and appointed him as Govornor when the UNP could have appointed a
person who was independent of all parties. It is a well known fact the
governor is canvassing hard to get rid of Ravi Karunanayake from the
finance ministry, one of the key architects of the january election
victory, when Commoraswamy was canvassing for Mahinda Rajapakse.
According to CB sources the Governor has been encouraging people to
write against the Finance Minister. He and Minister Malik Samarawickrama
are working round the clock to get the Finance Minister removed using a
Former President to influence the current President. The Prime Minister
had said no to the suggestion we understand.