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JVP to boycott all-party conference

21 Mar 2022

  • AKD claims meeting pointless and political
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) has decided to boycott the all-party conference to be held on Wednesday (23), claiming it has been convened to resolve the conflict between the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), and not to discuss the current economic crisis in the country. “We emphasised the need for such a conference one-and-a-half years ago. Now that the crisis has escalated, there is no point in inviting us to this conference,” JVP Leader and NPP Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced at a media briefing yesterday (20). President Rajapaksa had agreed to convene an all-party conference at the end of this month to discuss the current crisis in the country, following a request made by the main constituent party of the ruling SLPP-led government alliance, the SLFP. Dissanayake told media last Thursday (17) that the Government has sent a letter to the JVP, inviting them to participate in the discussion. “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has submitted a detailed report on the country’s economy. Therefore, present it to Parliament. Also, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) should provide us with details of the country’s foreign exchange reserves as well as the loans to be repaid. Without them, there would be no point in just chatting,” he had said. Meanwhile, former Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila, and Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara have also decided to boycott the said conference.


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