Laws will be brought to criminally convict those who defame leaders as thieves, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary Sagara Kariyawsam said. ’’Leaders who developed this country are being labelled as thieves. This is a negative trend and laws will be introduced to prevent this,’’ he said.
The agreement endorsed by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be tabled in Parliament by the President this week, State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe said. ’’The agreement will be tabled this week after March 22,’’ the State Finance Minister said. Certain groups attempted to paint this process as a ruse, Semasinghe said as the staff level agreement was not tabled in Parliament.