{"id":11533,"date":"2025-02-18T04:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=11533"},"modified":"2025-02-18T04:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:02:29","slug":"opposition-leader-sajith-premadasa-says-that-todays-budget-speech-should-be-compared-with-the-presidential-election-platform-statement-that-promised-a-rich-and-beautiful-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=11533","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that today&#8217;s budget speech should be compared with the presidential election platform statement that promised a rich and beautiful life."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>asianewsplusone.com sfmnewslk.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MP Sajith Premadasa also said that it should be examined to what extent those promises will be fulfilled in the 2025 budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the policies presented under the &#8220;Rata Anurata&#8221; concept have promised to create a stable economy, the opposition leader has alleged that instead the country has been handed over to the International Monetary Fund and budgetary measures have been taken within the limits of the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the media today regarding the government budget for 2025, Sajith Premadasa said that according to the budget, a primary surplus of 2.5% should be maintained and primary expenditure should be limited to 13% of the GDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stated that the 13% limit introduced in the Public Finance Management Act 2024 is in line with the policies of the International Monetary Fund and that maintaining a primary surplus of 2.5% is a direct IMF recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Opposition Leader also pointed out that only a very limited amount of resources has been allocated for investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Criticizing the budget, the Opposition Leader said that it fails to provide solutions to debt-ridden small and medium-sized enterprises and does not present a way out of poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that this year&#8217;s budget does not support high economic growth through entrepreneurship and that promises related to the plantation, agriculture and fisheries sectors have not been fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sajith Premadasa also pointed out that despite his election platform announcement that a new debt restructuring agreement would be implemented, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is now walking directly down the IMF path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that while it is essential to work within the framework of the International Monetary Fund, if he were in power he would adopt a people-centric approach and continue to push for amendments to the budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0db4\u0ddc\u0dc4\u0ddc\u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dbd\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0db1 \u0da2\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0ddc\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dab \u0dc0\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc1\u0dba \u0dc3\u0db8\u0d9f \u0d85\u0daf \u0d85\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0db3\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dba\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a \u0dc3\u0da2\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dda\u0db8\u0daf\u0dcf\u0dc3 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 \u0d85\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d91\u0db8 \u0db4\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0ddc\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db4\u0db8\u0dab 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