People suffering because of a man-made crisis: Udaya

Sacked Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that people are suffering in queues today because of a man-made crisis.

He said people wouldn’t have suffered in queues now if the government had restricted the import of non-essential items last year as they demanded.

He said Sri Lanka has spent US $20.6 billion for imports in 2021 and only US $4.6b has spent for petroleum, LPG, coal and medicine.

People are suffering in queues because of a man-made crisis. #SriLanka spent $20.6b for imports in 2021. Only $4.6b for petroleum, LPG, coal & medicine. If Govt restricted import of non essentials a year ago as we demanded, people wouldn’t have suffered in queues now.

— Udaya Gammanpila (@UPGammanpila) March 15, 2022