Sharmal Kelambi

Medical Officer of Health Informatics, Southern Province

[Sharmal Kelambi @Sharmal_K]

@ravirannaneliya @KusumW @ihplk @GotabayaR I think the JVP/NPP's failure to convert these numbers to actual votes is that majority of their candidates are not well known as candidates of other parties. Candidates do matter in our preferencial voting system.

[Chayu Damsinghe @ChayuDamsinghe]

2019 අලුත් ආණ්ඩුව ආපු දවස ඉඳන් ගත්ත ආර්ථික තීරණ වලින් ආර්ථිකය ලොකු අමාරුවකට වැටුණ එක අපිට හොඳට තේරෙනවා.

හැබැයි ඇත්තටම මොකද්ද වුණේ - කොහොමද මෙච්චර ඇණ ගත්තෙ? 👇

#SriLanka #SriLankaEconomicCrisis (#GoHomeGota2022 #අරගලයටජය for reach)

[Lark Davis @LarkDavis]

Holy crap!!!! Israel cutting dollars and buying Yuan! The days of dollar dominance are truly fading.

Good time to be holding #bitcoin

https://t.co/JYjvHcFFy8

[Kishan Karunaratne @kishankaru]

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.

1/n

Cont 👇

[Karu Jayasuriya @KaruOnline]

Today, the drfat 21st Amandent to the Constitution was tabled in the Parliament to restore our democracy. The Presidnet himself admitted that Excecutive Presiency leads to wrong decisions. All parties must support passing the new draft soon. It will solve part of the crisis,

[Sharmal Kelambi @Sharmal_K]

@GanguleeW Both political and economic knowledge among most Sri Lankan professionals are hopeless. Mostly due to the fact that these subjects are only appear in AL syllabus where a majority do not choose them...

[Sharmal Kelambi @Sharmal_K]

@dinidu Most probably they will extend the closure, this time they even have a new excuse "riots"!

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Sri Lanka's broad-based National Consumer Price Index sets another record of 21.5% in March, the sixth consecutive monthly record high

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

I'm seeing so many posts lately about coping for owning dollars.

Your quantity is increasing exponentially while your global quality/acceptance is decreasing.

Yes, you'll probably have short-term advancements. I'm with you speculatively. 👍

No, you're not sound money though.

[Sharmal Kelambi @Sharmal_K]

@premathiratne This may very well need a referendum and if it comes to that, better still to go ahead with a parliamentary election at the same time. Since the added cost won't be drastically different from the cost of holding a referendum alone...

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Another 10 SLPP MPs in a letter to the President requests to appoint a NEW 'All party cabinet' including the opposition parties that is agreeable to pursue a correct political and economic programme to provide solutions to the current crisis.

[Sharmal Kelambi @Sharmal_K]

120%/yr?? Feel like this is the closest to the real number given the ground reality. Official figures are not even close…

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

Government officials in #SriLanka have requested emergency financial help from the IMF. As long as Lanka retains its central bank, It will be caught up in an economic death spiral. Today, I measure inflation in LKA at a stunning 120%/yr.

[Bhavani Fonseka @bfonseka]

Remembering @MangalaLK on his birthday & the many struggles he stood for #srilanka #SriLankaCrisis #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #SriLankaProtests

[Vidiyal.lk 🇱🇰 @Vidiyallk]

Recently, @fernandoharin renounces his parliamentary salary for the upcoming year while #RTI reveals that continuous payments to Chairmen of the dissolved Provincial Councils. In addition to the salary, payments for their personal staff, vehicles and fuel allowances (1/7)

[Kusum Wijetilleke @KusumW]

Take away MP benefits, tax-free cars, the security detail, secretaries and staff, move away from colonial style mansions as official residences, regulate campaign finance, then see how many of these MPs still want to ‘serve’. Let’s see how many patriots.

[Sharmal Kelambi @Sharmal_K]

@KusumW More than curbing the perks, there should be a proper accountability mechanism in place. And election system need reforms to take away this preferential vote system which results in costly campaigns, leading to more corruption once they get elected to office.

[Prasad Welikumbura @Welikumbura]

Mathugama pedestrians tunnel was opened by a child without any politician. It's good how things are starting to change, this needs to be continued.

#lka #SriLanka #SriLankaCrisis #infrastructure #development

[Prasad Welikumbura @Welikumbura]

This is Thiranagama Hikkaduwa another protest organized by @PodujanaParty to discredit #GoHomeGota protests. They can't even do that without getting caught. Pathetic.

#lka #SriLanka #GoHomeRajapaksas #GotaGoHome #පන්නමු

[Prasad Welikumbura @Welikumbura]

The newest strategy by the @PodujanaParty is to discredit the #GoHomeGota protesters. Using their low-level politicians to obstruct roads pretending to be #GoHomeGota protesters. Thank you @NewsfirstSL for revealing the truth.

#lka #SriLanka #GotaGoHome #GoHomeRajapaksas #පන්නමු

[Prasad Welikumbura @Welikumbura]

I don't think government MPs have understood the ground reality. It is them who are in imminent danger, not the Rajapaksa family.

#lka #SriLanka #GoHomeGota #GotaGottaGo #GotaGoHome #පන්නමු