දුමින්ද හුලංගමුව අනුරගේ ආර්ථික උපදේශක මිස රනිල්ගේ ආර්ථික උපදේශක නොවේ – බිමල්

Daily Mirror and Newswire report that Leader of the House and Minister Bimal Rathnayake rejected opposition MP Harsha de Silva’s assertion that Duminda Hulangamuwa had served as an economic adviser to former president Ranil Wickremesinghe. WhatNews reports that Rathnayake made the denial in Parliament on October 22.

Daily Mirror and Newswire report that de Silva said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was seeking advice from Hulangamuwa, whom de Silva described as a former Wickremesinghe economic adviser. Newswire says de Silva raised the issue in Parliament during the week.

Newswire reports that Wickremesinghe’s office issued a clarification on October 22, saying the former president had three key economic advisers while serving as president and finance minister: former Treasury Secretary R. H. Samaratunga, Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena and Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe.

Newswire reports that the office said the three officials were appointed after Wickremesinghe took office during the 2022 economic crisis, represented Sri Lanka in discussions with domestic and international institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, and appeared before the Committee on Public Finance, chaired by de Silva. The office said Hulangamuwa was not among the advisers, but joined an ad hoc group working on an economic growth strategy as a Chamber of Commerce representative.

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