People in Sri Lanka have protested for months, blaming President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family for corruption and mismanaging the economy.
Demonstrators have occupied the homes of the President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
There are negotiations to form a unity government to take over.
But will they have the answers to Sri Lanka’s huge economic and social problems?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Guests:
Nishan De Mel – Economist and Executive Director, Verite Research.
Ganeshan Wignaraja – Senior Research Associate, ODI Global.
Weerakoon Wijewardena – Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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good show
Unless the corrupt Rajapaksa family are made accountable and punished, I don’t think we can trust in any Anti-corruption agency……..but IMF and the international organisations will not allow it…..because the west only made all these politicians are corrupt so that they can implement their policies on developing countries,
SL army is another partner in crime, working against their own people
We really need this kind of change in Ethiopia,
I agree with you, Milly. But in Ethiopia, sadly the Ethiopians need to learn how to love and respect all ethnics. Where there is vile, evil, thoughts present againest each other is impossible. Most of Ethiopian people are very innocent, gullible. Which were very easy for the predator to widen the gaps, and take advantages by manuplating, controlling, chaining, intimidating, belittling, demonizing, slaving, segrigating, imprisoning, propagating, demonizing, etc causing chaos to gain by having killing each other. First the people need to be educated with the truth, Unless otherwise knowingly condemn the lies, with all this deception I don’t think??????? The truth always prevails. Therefore I have one hope, hopefully one day all the people of Ethiopia will strach their hands in one accord repenting with brocken heart humility, unity for that’s the words of God. Until then I don’t have hope in Ethiopian unity. And I am also an ETHIOPIAWI. may God help our people and the country.
@hhailegnawm maha I totally agree with your idea, but you can’t change what majority of our people think unless we change the brainwashing, liar government which is causing death and suffering in all parts of Ethiopia.
Qatar monarchy may get abolished by this way.
Time to merge with the neighbour.
Invade their spaces these decision makers need to feel the heat for mismanagement of the citizens taxes
Sri Lanka is downed by China. China should have helped the corrupt president but he made an about face, goodbye.
Power to the people
A million workers working for nothing
You better give them what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town
Power to the people …….
All corrupt, hatred, communal leader around the world must face the same punishment 😡. Dear world citizen wake up and protect ur respective country from evil doers politicians…Karma Reverse Back if u do too much torture in public definitely public will give u 😂 same reply whoever u r either PM president or common citizens. Almighty’s justice is equal for all . Remember!!!!
Imaran Khan… LOL
The corrupts resigned. Good. But who do you think is going to be the in-charge of bringing things back to normal in Sri Lanka? And how?
Problem with Rulers and Governments is whatever support comes for common people more than 70% is looted by political and Govt. machinery … who needs the Governments
Can’t change institution when political parties are infected with corruptors/corrupt people..
Why more Spanish colonies are corrupt than British
Integrity is the key
Your country is worse than a African corrupt country. Well done, keep ripping off the poor! You people in power have NO respect or care for the poor and tax payers. Thank you for your understanding.
I HOPE HERE IN PHILIPPINE WILL ALSO DOING TO RETRIEVED THE MONEY LIKE WHAT THE SRILANKAN DID IT TO RECOVERED THE MONEY.
NOW THAT PHILIPPINE IS NEARLY COMING TO FEEL THAT IT WILL GETTING EVERYTHING OF PRICE GOING UP. AT THIS 100 DAYS WILL BE SEEN BY THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, VERY SURE.
I have been following what is happening in Sri Lanka, when the people stormed into the building, they found billions of Sri Lankan rupees in the building, did the Central Bank take over it,that can help buy the food and gas. What happened to that money?
They collected Packed and returned to the police station with statement. It was about 16 MLN LKR. Tks.
Power to THE People!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
WELL DONE you SRI LANKANS. Brave warriors. God bless you.
Now !! People are in charge!! President should have resigned immediately but fear arrest for corruption charges he wants fly abroad &.. wants to resign from there .. cunning till his last breath!!
It’s funny how Srilankan foolish people tolerated such Government consisting all brothers & relatives in Cabinet!!
Reason of mismanagement!!
Even dictators don’t have such long list relatives in state function!🤣😅😆😁
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But other countries with such or fascist Government may face such outcome soon!
Pakistan occupied Kashmir people want freedom from Pakistan They are staging protests throughout POK Please cover it
The both should resign;
I have a feeling that it’s engineered by India because of its instigations!!
Now china or India will military to invade control ceylon
Curse from God for minorities oppression
Sri Lanka leave the IMF the rest of the world will follow we don’t need paper money we can trade with the people and back our money with our resources power from Afrika
People are incharge so mind yr business
Need to return our money I think world not allow thieves
The people and all party legislators. The leadership that had sold out the country are probably banished or exiled.
Oil: Am I a joke to you?
hats off to the people of Sri lankan, Courage makes change!
I feel this incidents will change the world over….wher politicians gether wealth
Nice people with nice country ruined by corruption and mismanagement by President and his cautery
Good example to all countries where leaders think that they can do whatever they like at the cost of the people.
Good Luck..
By controlling expenses , upgrading agriculture , tea export, loan from imf only Sri Lanka will be stable by 10y.all have to tighten the belt including defense as it has no threat.
true. for that should obtain political stability first
Sri Lankans have made a correct move by ensuring the rajapakshas are ousted completely. It’s a one family rule which must be stopped once and for all.
This should be a lesson for all elected officials, you are employed by the people for the people. Do not consider yourselves to be kings, building palaces and stealing the wealth. Have a referandum before committing to large unnecessary projects, like borrowing to build an highway and airport nobody uses. Also you are just borrowing so you can steal from those funds. No gas no school supplies, look what you have brought Sri Lanka to
India of 1420m population is not comparable with Sri Lanka 2o million. 600b dollar reserve is comparable with external internal huge govt loans.assets of 100 top capitalist does not show India as strong economy not liable to collapse where 600m is still very poor.
Srilankan peoples want become RAJAPAKSHA FAMILY of Srilanka president 2019 because they are war heroes killed hundreds of thousands tamil people 2009( genocide) now 2022 Srilankan don’t like them because no food no fuel economy crisis .everybody should know all srilankan singalese presidents spent all money for war killing srilankan tamils since 1983 till now for army 350000 army budget. That all your owner
ITS ALL BCOS OF CHINESE INFLUENCE WHICH CORRUPTED THE SRI LANKAN LEADERS BY GIVING MINDBOGGLING LOANS WHICH SRI LANKA COULDNT PAY BACK. NOW SRI LANKA IS A FAILED AND BANKRUPT STATE. PAKISTAN IS FOLLOWING SUIT WHICH TOTALLY RELY ON CHINA
What a luxury life the Rajapaksa’s have Lived, shame on them.
Great job people to overthrow evil regime peacefully. ..
president run away
Bunch of thieves they call themselves politicians
The China debt trap is responsible for the collapse. Please do NOT blame the honorable Sri Lankan government officials who are capable, sincere, honest and devoted to the welfare their country and its citizens. They were democratically elected and should be respected and protected.
I think you are indian
Bajwa go home (Belgium)
Family succession governance systems do not work, but breed corruption.The finances of the country become the private purse/ bank account of the family.Decisions are made in the interest of what is profitable to the family pocket book, rather than for the good of the country masses. Appointments to positions of decision making in institutions, becomes incestous with the most skillful persons exclude from offices.
Sri Lanka will be in chaos for the next decade.
Rule of mob will bring poverty to the country.
Young developing countries want democracy but the chaos that follows will bring poverty and sadness.
Look at the Arab Spring countries .
War rages on…….💣
As usual , the guy in charge flees with enough money to keep the luxuries while the people struggle to survive
Myanmar protesters must learn strength of Sri Lanka protesters.
Yet the corruption and acts of impunity in Sri Lanka is child’s play compared to that going on in Nigeria, yet Nigerians are sitting pretty as the economy is plundered due to crass unimaginable greed of politicians.
Arrest these incompetent cowardly politicians, prosecute them, and put them in jail. It will be a model for rest of the world of how one deals with the politician -crooks.
Ferdinand Marcos Sr did that to the Philippines 36 years ago
I’m sure, when Rajapaska flee, they brought with them large amount of dollar reserves in various foreign banks and unbelievably large amount of jewelries, paintings, gold bars and cash
Believe me, you should search what they brought with them, and it will blow your mind, you have not yet seeing anything yet, they will not leaving empty handed, what they left in their house is just a breadcrumbs
Ranil must go. International people must force nim resign his post. Ranil is a unbelievable lrader
International peoples, leaders ,institutions must be helped to sri lanka finding the stollen money by rajapaksha family and other politicians
They elected bigots as their leaders, and the latter destroyed everything. Citizens of other neighboring countries must learn a lesson from this crisis, and spring into action before it’s too late.
Sri Lankans go back to Racism will face a bigger tragedy and problem then the current one.
India wants the influence of China on Sri Lanka gone. So will help and behind also make arrangements for Rajpaksa family who will be reinducted for Minority bashing as current Indian Government including Mouse Jaishanker or whoever this chap are racists and Minority Bashers. Rajpaksa clan had Muddy Jees blessing but the Muddy Jee did not see what was forthcoming as Sri Lankan public is not Goonda types so an opportunity was lost. Rajpaksa removal also was orchestrated by India as China was a thorn in the backyard. Now Rajpaksa clan will be tamed and reentered Maldives is an Indian follower remember that.
A few days ago, an American, a Korean, a Japanese and a Sri Lankan coincidentally sit together.
The four started chatting, with the Japanese saying, “You know what? Our former prime minister was killed on the street last week with a homemade gun.”
The American was shocked: “What? Do you have to make a gun yourself?”
The Korean: “What? The former prime minister isn’t in jail?”
The Sri Lankan: “What, you still have a prime minister?”
People of the world, learn a lesson from us. As long as there are corrupt rulers there is no salvation for you, do not submit to them, as Sri Lankan we have proved that people’s sovereignty is more powerful than anything else. 🇱🇰
As expected, this Rogue President escaped. He must be brought back and prosecuted for treason. He can’t be allowed to live luxury life with looted government treasures. Sad ! With Srilankan people.
The people of Sri lanka have had enough.Good example to other countries especially here in Africa
Where are the army’s who killed 100s of thousands civilians and Tigers? They might use their shity military to kill all their peoples. But those war crimes that were done y the president and military should be punished brutally.
Whose in charge? No one it’s a free for all. I’m predicting military rule for time being until political process can be sorted out
So the answer is MORE neo-liberal policies. The same policies that created the problem. The corporations will destroy the country again and again.
china fault
china want rules the world
they want destroyed all economy
if i was in sri lanka il says
kill the bastardo and take back your harbour and kick china out
No way – crime corruption committee lol 😂
Hillarious – yr all being played ,
Aid them and expect massive corruption like everywhere else.
It’s the start of economic cancer that will sweep world – unlike Covid lol it will kill – yr crime committee be stealing what’s left and head to Maldives 😂
The corrupt govts around the world would take precautionary measures to “control the people” so that they don’t raid the houses of politicians.
Nations rising against nations and people against people
sri lanka is another myanmar
is this the first wave of the Precariat ?? neo-liberalism has brought this about along with fraud , graft , and corruption which is another name for capitalist .
Military is going to have to take control.
It is interesting that this gentleman mentions “RESPECT FOR THE LAW” when in actual fact the Rulers of the world seem to diss this! It appears there is one rule for them and one rule for the masses.
slava srilanka🏳 🇱🇰 ❤
People are in charge duh
Sri Lanka are a great race of people , I know them living in the UK respectful, calm hardworking , principled ,creative people for them to uprise you know enough was, enough .
we want justice for pasku attak
To the people of Sri Lanka, you did the right thing, keep on, don’t let yourself be fooled by the promises of an interim all-parties government, build your own rank-and-files commitees all around the country to get policies that are actually in your interest.
Kenyans🇰🇪 should borrow a leaf from Sri Lanka🇱🇰💓
Who is in charge of Sri lanka?
Answer is China obviously
They blame the Rajapaksa family, but the sad truth is that as the light of independence appeared on the horizon, the unity, co-operation and mutual respect that existed between all ethnic groups, for three generations, evaporated into thin air and after that it was downhill all the way. There were no public protests when the Jaffna library was burned, no public protests when hundreds of Tamils were murdered in the streets of Colombo and no public protests when thousands of young Sinhalese and JVP sympathisers were executed. They have only taken to the streets because they have no fuel for their cars, no electricity in their houses and no rice in their bowls.
my own nation 60 years wracked by corruption – the people continue voting the parties…
The people are in charge of Sri Lanka..
Should be like this in every country..
DEVIL IS IN CHARGE
SIRI LANKA
🕵 IMF comes in and are faced with basically the same government so nothing’s changed. Sri Lanka and the Philippines need to stop voting for familiar names and faces that have already proven to be rich and corrupt.
” THE SHEEP SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIFE FEARING THE WOLF, ONLY TO BE EATEN BY THE SHEPHERED ”
Once You Understand this Statement the GAME Changes & You Start to Understand SRILANKA POLITICIANS &”POLITICS ” 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
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IMF is another corrupt entity. Please stay away from them. Take all the money stolen from the previous government to put back in the country. You won’t need IMF none of the interviewers said that. Which mean they are all as corrupt.
Inside story
Tell them constitution of India is the best 🙏🙏🙏
Indonesia,Malaysia,Singapore very good,A.I VERY BAD
Dissolve the parliament – most of them are Rajapaksa’s coolies so Sri Lankan people should demand to dissolve the parliament and call for new election. Ranil Wickremesinghe is also nexus with Rajapaksas and facilitated for Gota’s escape from Sri Lanka. All stolen wealth should be recovered from these thieves and should be punished for their crime of putting the country in this present situation and sold the country to China! Gota to be brought to Sri Lanka for trial. Sri Lanka need new mandate from the People!
Indian win
Austerity measures is for the rich, NOT the poor. Anger escalates
GR LOOKS SO CUNNING AND EVIL
This is what is happening in Uganda one family taking ownership of our country
How will they deal with the green economy of climate change.
Court is responsible for all