{"id":145082,"date":"2024-10-19T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T23:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=145082"},"modified":"2024-10-19T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T23:02:35","slug":"prof-sunil-j-wimalawansa-excellent-article-may-i-highlight-some-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/10\/19\/prof-sunil-j-wimalawansa-excellent-article-may-i-highlight-some-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa Excellent Article. May I Highlight Some Points?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Prof. Hudson McLean<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>We Are on the Same Page!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Beautifully Crafted Observation!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Excellent Article.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>May I Highlight Some Points?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>However I Hasten to Correct Only One Point &#8211;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Sri Lanka is Not Bankrupt BUT Drowning in Debt!<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sir, Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Hopefully, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Takes Note of Your Brilliant Commentary!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short-Term Actions Needed to Be Taken by the NPP and Eligibility for Election Nominations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted on October 14th, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>by Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lankaweb-com wp-block-embed-lankaweb-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IqtpjSf6RP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/10\/14\/short-term-actions-needed-to-be-taken-by-the-npp-and-eligibility-for-election-nominations-2\/\">Short-Term Actions Needed to Be Taken by the NPP and Eligibility for Election Nominations<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Short-Term Actions Needed to Be Taken by the NPP and Eligibility for Election Nominations&#8221; &#8212; LankaWeb.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/10\/14\/short-term-actions-needed-to-be-taken-by-the-npp-and-eligibility-for-election-nominations-2\/embed\/#?secret=7LJa7dSMPN#?secret=IqtpjSf6RP\" data-secret=\"IqtpjSf6RP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now is the time for the NPP leadership to deliver on their promises, ensuring that appointments to government positions, such as chairmanships, are made based on merit rather than favors.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The government should not function as a job creation factory; instead, the private sector should be encouraged to generate employment opportunities for the public.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The government should emphasize and facilitate local production and growth over importation while also expanding technologies\u2026\u2026..\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Appoint an Anti-Corruption Czar!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In parallel, enacting anti-corruption laws and re-establishing the independent committees eliminated by the past two regimes is essential to maintaining law and order and eradicating corruption.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The country must shift from a survival-focused, loan-dependent consumption economy to a productive one prioritizing local needs and value-added exports.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YES! Start with&nbsp; the massive Unemployed Youth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deploy &amp; Export The Human Assets!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Concluding Remarks\u2026\u2026.. I said the same in a different way!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026..and abolish the executive Presidency.\u201d \u2026YES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Great Britain,&nbsp; and India,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2014\u2014-ENDS\u2014\u2014-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><u>Express Your Opinion &#8211; Read What Others Say!<br>The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.<br><br>Please visit -: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Hudson McLean We Are on the Same Page! A Beautifully Crafted Observation! Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa Excellent Article. May I Highlight Some Points? However I Hasten to Correct Only One Point &#8211;&nbsp; Sri Lanka is Not Bankrupt BUT Drowning in Debt! Sir, Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa,\u00a0 Hopefully, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Takes Note of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hudson-mclean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}