Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe must RESIGN - Min. Dhammika Perera

COLOMBO (News 1st); Minister of Investment Promotion Dhammika Perera has extended his support to the People's Struggle and called for the immediate resignation of Finance Minister (PM) Ranil Wickremesinghe.

'Sri Lanka's Finance Minister has planned for disaster,' he told gathering in Colombo adding that the Finance Minister has no plan to resolve the current dollar crisis.

He said that all of Sri Lanka's economic challenges are linked to the dollar crisis and the Finance Minister has planned to borrow money from friends.

"The Minister of Finance has no future in cash-flow planning for the country," he said adding that the Minister delayed all matters relating to dollar earnings, borrowings, bridging finances, available credit lines, and essential goods credit lines.

Minister Dhammika Perera said for these reasons the Finance Minister should resign.