1/n This thread is for all those who wanted #GotaGoHome but are now asking Sajith, or anyone from opposition for that matter to form govt while GR remains (in this instance I do not consider Ranil as part of the opposition but a mere appendage of the save the Rajapaksas corp 🙄).
2/n If for instance Sajith takes PMship now he will be in charge of running IMF program. He will have do this with a 20A empowered RAJAPAKSA President who has wide ranging powers over a powerless PM. In the meantime Namal will become the leader of the opposition.
3/n Have the Rajapaksas ever kept their promises - so the promise to reform the constitution in six month will remain a promise and never be done. Remember also that when GR passed 20A he promised the clergy …. 👇
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…and the rest that he will bring in a new constitution within 1 year so to agree to the dual nationality clause for the moment - what happened to that - we all know what happened to that.
In six months when the pain of the IMF program begins to really hit the masses…👇
5/n .. and the govt starts to get very unpopular Namal, Basil & co will restart the “den sepada” campaign and blame everything on the PM & govt. At that point no one is going to say these guys took the unpopular decisions to save the country’s economy.
6/n The Rajapksas will strike when the unpopularity reaches a nadir & Gotabaya will dissolve parliament and go for a general election. The deeply unpopular govt by then will lose massively and Namal will ride on a crest of populist rhetoric.
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Repeat scenario of what Chandrika did to Ranil in 2002-2004. Then time will be right for a Prez election which the Rajapaksa family possibly Basil will win hands down! So in 2 years time all this Aragalaya will have come to naught because…👇
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.., a more emboldened Rajapaksa family will be crowned!
Please please don’t fall for these political games of the Rajapksas. No compromise until #GotaGoHome It’s a compromise that is too dangerous to even contemplate!
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Watch the introduction to the press conference last evening by one of the participants at the press conference yesterday. She explains how they came about the formulation of the demands of the Galle Face Aragalaya. Will be posting clips of the other participants that I have.
Update on @IMFNews talks.
Not best news from IMF front. The initial talks have not gone according to plan where 🇱🇰 was expecting IMF to agree to a Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) upto our eligibility of approx. $1b.
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IMF while understanding our inability to provide a detailed account of making our debt sustainable until advisors get into action, have asked for a fiscal plan (tax ⬆️& exp cuts) in the interim to at least consider the RFI.
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Treasury officials working on this as we speak. This all means the RFI which was expected to be released by IMF around mid-May as bridging funding until the full deal finalized getting pushed back a further 3 to 4 weeks in a best-case scenario.