1/2: Met with US Treasury and US State reps with @USAmbSL along with @sajithpremadasa @KabirHashim4 n @EranWick. Appreciate all the humanitarian support via @USAID. Also met with the @IMFNews delegation. #SriLanka crisis is utterly complicated. Coming months will be very tough. 
2/2: Fact is @IMFNews can’t lend to us until our creditors give an assurance on their agreement with #SriLanka on debt restructuring now complicated w case by A creditor. Haircut will be based on Gov of @GotabayaR agreement on fiscal consolidation.
3/2: As a responsible opposition we agree that much delayed major reforms must be undertaken to save #SriLanka. We must open up, break the shackles and engage w the world. So, we don’t want to scuttle the @GotabayaR @RW_UNP plan; but there must be one. Already very late.
4/2: @RW_UNP should present the fiscal consolidation plan. Need to go back to @MangalaLK program and then some. SOE reforms are an absolute must. But, must be done transparently and with public support. Also a social safety net is a MUST to deal with the low income. Need equity.
5/2: I offered to Chair the Public Finance Committee in @ParliamentLK so that we, as opposition, and the government could arrive at a reform agenda; a convergence. But obviously Pres @GotabayaR and @PodujanaParty don’t want our help. Having messed up so bad still doing the same.
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