Ravi must become US Treasury Sec. to stabilize rupee: Udaya

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Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary and Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila today requested US President Barack Obama to appoint Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake as the US Treasury Secretary so as to help stabilize the Sri Lankan rupee in a reverse procedure.

He told a news briefing that though the government was fighting to stabilize the Sri Lankan rupee which had fallen sharply in value against the US dollar, the solution was not far away but within the government itself.

“Since January, the SLR has depreciated in line with the new government policy for floating the currency. I have a solution which I strongly believe will be enough for Minister Ravi Karunanayake to solve the problem in a reverse order. If he can become the US Treasury Secretary he could bring down the value of the US dollar to the level of the SLR,” Mr. Gammanpila said.

He requested Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss this matter with US President Obama. (Piyumi Fonseka)

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Comments - 12

mahendra wijeratne Monday, 21 December 2015 03:26 PM

What an idiotic statement from this stupid member he should go back to the kindergarten

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karsha Monday, 21 December 2015 03:26 PM

No No No Mr. Udaya Gammanpila can do it under former President

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lalith de silva Monday, 21 December 2015 03:35 PM

fool of the year 2015 award goes to mr holmanpilacheers

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kola kotiya Monday, 21 December 2015 03:42 PM

udaya all these days u were sleeping ? no noise

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Aquarius Monday, 21 December 2015 04:18 PM

Here he goes again, has he uttered anything constructive since he started his musical chair game?

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Aruna Monday, 21 December 2015 05:39 PM

Please, you may propose something constructive on the boat started drowning from last Jan 08th.

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rew Monday, 21 December 2015 06:58 PM

Clown NOT Fool

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TONY Monday, 21 December 2015 09:09 PM

OBAMA: WHO IS UDAYA

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Jaya Monday, 21 December 2015 10:04 PM

Do you know what happened to Monkey ?

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Don Monday, 21 December 2015 11:37 PM

Is Gammanpila truely mad?

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nath Tuesday, 22 December 2015 02:33 AM

survival game in politics.

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Dr. Know Tuesday, 22 December 2015 06:02 AM

Really Childish:Dr. Know

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