I love this. What a time to be alive. Clean this government out and bring in healthier leaders for a better future for the entire island. We’ve got so much potential in the people from North to South and they’re not being taken advantage of because of stupid politicians elected since independence. Sri Lanka, let’s do better - for a better tomorrow!
And who elected this trash? Uhm yes that was you guys. So I guess you peeps deserve this. Choosing communal racism instead of development is really path to this.
@@arunjeevaratnam8147 I know my uncle was killed when Rajiv Gandhi sent Indian army there . I have been to Sri Lanka myself politicians and there game brother. What to say
@@jennyjames2673 no they don’t. Only people who are generally hateful are the people like you. Sri Lanka has moved forward from the civil war and Tamils and Sinhalese are now live in harmony. You don’t even live in the country anymore eh? 🤮😁But loving the life spreading hate among Sri Lankans. Keep out.. stay where you are and leave our country and it’s people alone. We have enough problems here regardless of the ethnicity. We are all one country . Don’t try to divide us again.
@@jennyjames2673 I wouldn't say so We study with many Tamil students. We are also now realizing Tamils struggles. Language barriers is the main thing that separate us. Both Tamil and Sinhala politicians used it to devide us for their political agendas.
US$ 8 billion invested by MP namal Rajapaksha in a finance company ALBG Doha Qatar where he is the Director Finance. The company has links to another company who got a contract to supply energy to Sri Lanka recently.. US$ 19 billion taken outside the country by the Rajapakshas according to Global Financial Integrity Report 2015. (Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries 2004-2013). All in the web to see.
Earlier Governor of central bank of Sri Lanka robbed the Country with Rajapakshas, And also during the 2015 -2019 the previous Central Bank governor and finance minister Robbed the Central Bank.
Appeasing the majority politics has let to this situation. The educated and middle class Sinhalese in this unitary state benefited a suppressing policy towards minorities for years. They did reward Rajabakse Family who bankrupted all!
Just go back to living a simple life without modern amenities. Life will be stress free and people can feed themselves with what they farm and catch from the sea. Peaceful life.
Rajapakse’s wealth is what needed to pay all debts, people are fighting to restore the finances and it’ll happen after sometime when the protests comes to reality
Peace loving people from all over world is spreading your voice. Some NGO's from India is planning to send Diesel and Petrol but lot of international restrictions. However Government sent help on occasion of new year.
@@subramaniamsaravanamuttu2901 Lttee terrorist waged war against state of sl to disintegrate it. Backed, trained funded by endia. Now tamils are giving it a reason its due to tamil suffering ehiel they forgot what havoc on sl for 27+ years to which sl wasted its precious years of progress wasted on these illegal activities and wars on its soil. Hope you understand what is lttee you looks like a tamil to me. How many sl citizens you had killed, your score or terrorist bomb attacks or suicide attacks? ?
@@amberlight5830 LTTE is history and india helped Sri lanka to eliminate them Even today they are still recognised as a terrorist organisation in india
Sri Lanka has not defaulted repayment Its the Rajapaksas' and supporting MPs' loan Pay the loans and interest with what they siphoned away. Put them in jail.
ayo "school exams not commencing due to lack of paper" its like their country just froze in time, in every aspect but the people are still moving around and having to struggle
What a shame that Sri Lanka is begging for money. All because of miss management of financial services by GOTA. OMG.. 16 times and this is going to be 17th time asking for money?
The IMF Or any other countries would be extremely reluctant to lend any money to SL while the. Rajapakshrair govt remains in control .Because there can be no confidence in any improvement in the financial well being of the country They have to resign and let a caretaker govt form government till parliament calls for a national election
Election is not solution. It may further burden the national assets yand bring further division. Maybe sl needs a technocrats government for they three year before any elections.
Seeing SL people experiencing this makes my heart break, fr, and tbh, I can see my country, Philippines, might be also in this situation in the future if BBM and Duterte are in the presidential office. it really scares me, Filipino's are so ignorant, blinded and cant distinguish what's the fact and not. I hope Sri Lanka will get through this. Sri Lanka, mabuhay ka, tumindig ka!
Yan din ang sinasabi ko dun sa mga kababayan natin hindi mulat sa katotohanan, sana hangga't may panahon pa makapag isip pa sila, nakakapanlumo makita ang ganyan na situation.,nakakaawa ang mga tao.
@@lodivinadestura3384 Totoo, nakatatakot. Napaka crucial nitong darating na eleksyon, ito na ang huling pagkakataon ng Pilipinas para isaayos ang bansa. Jusko deka-dekada na tayong ganito 'di ba nila iniisip kinabukasan ng pamilya nila't bansa? Pag nanalo yang partido nila Marcos gagawin ko lahat ng paraan para makaalis ng Pilipinas, maigi pang sa ibang bansa na lang mag-aral at kumayod kesa sa kinabukasan ng Pilipinas pag yang mga yan na ang nakaupo
I thought you people like Duterte, maybe over the expense of country's revenue for the Build Build Build programme will plunge Philipines to a debt trap.
@@aungmyintoo4635 There's a Filipina who bid for a presidency for at least 3 times and never wins. That woman is a former judge of international criminal court and a former senator - judge of the Philippines. And the thing is I don't get why the Filipinos don't vote her and regretting and quoting now that Filipina was "The greatest president we never had". Dumb to the core. Also I don't like Duterte plus I can see PH being a province of China if the administration doesn't change. Also it's frustrating to see your country being bullied in your own waters (West Philippine Sea dispute). Aigoo
Haaaa? Hahaha.kung di nagka covid. Napakataas ng GDP growth ng pinas. Madami naging kaalyado ang ating pangulo. Madami investment at malabong magaya tayo sa knila. Look up. Napakadami nagawa ng bagong gobyerno.
Sri Lankan economy was destroyed by stupidity. Corruption is actually better because you can fix corruption even if it takes time. Stupidity is very hard to cure.
Karma has visited Sir Lankans, 6 years north people without electricity 💡 and anything then the world 🌎 helped to kill them and was boasting of killing. Look at the arms supplier Ukraine. Until Sir lankans repent and respect each other and rebrand the country they will suffer
It is so so sad to see what the Rajapaksa’s have done to Sri Lanka and it’s people and have turned Sri Lanka into beggars of the world where now they will have to go begging around the world for money for the rest of their lives ‼️‼️💔💔
@@arunjeevaratnam8147 first understand what karma is. Then understand how tamil people are also suffering. Then humble yourself without living in the past.
here is a simple solution to pay off 100 billion with out taking loan - give dual citizen ships to all 3 million sri lankans overseas so they can buy a $ 50000 house in sri lanka / give 50 % off on all flights and hotel tickets / costs to all sri lankans and foreigners who like to visit sri lanka for the 2022 - 2023 / cancel all rajapaksha family members passports and stop them from leaving the country - and bring them to an impeachment and force them to pay all the stolen money to the central bank or throw them in jail for life .
Sri Lanka should come out from Ethnocentric Governance - They can come to power by playing ethic and religious cards, but when it come to Governance they should include all sectors of people and be fair to rule by the LAW -
'..it is so sad that the country whose ancient name Serendip has given the English language the word Serendipity, is now the epitome of conflict, pain, sorrow and hopelessness' - Lee Kuan Yew on Sri Lanka 2010
If SL government defaults on debt service, the citizen should follow suit: Stopping all payments of installments for loans taken for housing, businesses, home appliances etc...
First default second ban essential goods exports Third only trade is rupees and increase home production of food even motorcycle used to run in coconut oil in the north
It's time for Sri Lanka to hand over one of its most strategic port cities to the country that owes the most debt. So that the country can use the port city as a transit port and manufacturing industry centre.
Where were all the people protesting When the successive governments were killing Tamils. These people were cheering on and even called Rajapakse the war criminal a hero. Their hatred for the Tamils were so much, inspite knowing who Rajapakse is they voted him in. Bravo. Now the killers have become beggers. They say they lost their freedom. They are not being bombed raped or burnt alive. They are even allowed to protest. Imagine Tamils protesting. Tamils would have been arrested, tortured and killed. The Sinhaliase should be thankful to the Monkes and Rajapakses for killing 20,000 people on the last day of the civil war. This is how krma looks like and it is kind compared to what Tamils had to go through.
Lmao, it ain't over yet. Once the Rajapaksa resigns, the new government will push off the Tamils from the country or they will declare Tamils do not have voting rights like in 1950's. Sinhalese cannot imagine a country administered by a Tamil. Tamils will always be in the sidelines, the least they could do is to not lose their voting rights. I hope the new Srilankan govt don't bring rules such as govt job is only for Singalese.
@@AnJe.. what lies you are spreading here? Even the lecture on this news broadcast panel is Tamil and he is teaching at university of Jaffna where majority of Tamils live. Tamils have equal rights for a good education in SL. Tamils are working and given the opportunity to work in all government and private sector in Sri Lanka. Where are you from? Hatevill? 😢
@@dil7225 Yeah right, then why was the memorial in the Jaffna university was demolished? All the Sinhalese applauded the act and the social media was overwhelmed with the statement that the srilankan-tamils should swim to the Indian state of Tamilnadu if they wish to cherish tamil sentiments. I have no hatred towards Sinhalese, I'm speculating the future here. Its inevitable that the tamils will be deported or sacked/restricted from most of the jobs. Then the burden would fall on India, where it had to accomodate millions of Srilankan-Tamil refugees. I hope the future srilankan government don't strip off the Tamils' citizenship.
Even if they get the package it remains a cyoff debt trap. You will distribute it but how will you collect it to pay back. One of Solutions is to invest in local production by citizens.
It's good happens this way, so sri lankan people learn better regards to choosing politicians, unfortunately sri lankans has very poor knowledge of analysing facts and data comes from the history. So they keep making the same error again and again for last 7 decades. Hope this will be new start to Sri Lanka. Good luck Sri Lanka.. be strong... There are millions of people in the world who love this little paradise... They are with you.
As we all saw three military men with guns in a civilian protest in front of the parliament is simple example of how military interferes with the civilian lives in North&East. Further the reaction of Defence secretary Kamal Gunarane must be condemned by all human right defenders. Please Just imagine how he will react for such circumstances in North&East. Actually main hindrance to the reconciliation between communities is the Srilankan military and other security forces. It is up to all concerned Srilankans to make sure civil liberties must be insured for all citizens of Srilanka. Thank you
Question at 18:00 - the answer is that the current opposition party is ALSO corrupt and they don’t want to be sent home either…they all accepted commissions for subpar infrastructure projects they knew would fail. A few key businessman and construction developers are also equally corrupt and are to be blamed.
True that the prices of goods have gone up globally， but you don't see financially stronger countries going bankrupt, do you? While it is true that the pandemic and Russia Ukrian war affects everyone globally, rich and financially sound countries are able to manage and ride through this storm with much more ease, without going bankrupt. The local governments are not irrelevant.
Ok, this is all well & good, after the Rajapakse’s are ousted, where is the justice in this? We still have the debt of 51 billion! IMF or an external body of auditors to ascertain, where the Rajapakse’s have squandered the public monies! This is a time for change, for a young government to create an intelligent & transparent policies for the future of our nation!
All parties are working in parliament. Why they are waiting to see critical crisis? They are just waiting to see the people in protesting. They are convincing young people and students to be on roads and to protest. They all should work together to get out of the crisis.
None of these people speak the bitter truth, about the main reason for this crisis, embezzlement of people's funds by the Rajapakshas and their family members and government cronies, they have filled their coffers, if things go really bad and untenable they will leave the country, leave the people for the mercy of their own destinies.
The Tamil diaspora could help but we won't. Why should we help a country that has destroyed us time and time again. It's finally our time to watch the enemies squirm and suffer.
There should be a political solution for the tamils. After 30 years of wars most of the tamil intellectual families fled to foreign countries where they`re descendants on average are doing exceptionally well. Imagine if the anti tamil programs through populist nationalist politicians never happened. Then the war would not have happened, these families would have stayed in the nation, money would have been spent on post colonial nation building, and the economy would have continued to blossom (as long as there was an extreme form of punishment against corruption).
A morally bankrupt country now bacomes financially bankrupt. In 2009, one hundred and fifty thousand inocent minority Tamils were bruttaly killed by the Sri Lankan army. The then defence minister said on record that he considers the hospitals in Tamil areas and designated 'no fire zones' are legitimate targets. These people celebarated when their fellow citizens bleed to death . Ask any of these protestors, either they will deny any killings, justify them as collatarel damage or accuse LTTE . That tells a lot about Sri Lanka. I hope the present government continue to rule Sri Lanka, so the racist majority can come to their senses.
IMF Loans: money shower for bureaucrats today, poverty for the people tomorrow. I only hear blaming Ukraine, covid, the supply chain, no mention of politicians!
Liers Rajapaksa's family fox behavior & mis management proved that they're theives. Our UNITY power will lead us to our life to the best new direction. Our Smart Young generation will figure it out the best solutions for our country. "Every moment is a fresh beginning." Life's about doing, being and becoming. Happy Healthy New year for all of us 🕊
While all this downward spiral is taking place, the construction activity near the Colombo Port is still going on that will not give any returns. The loans keep increasing that will make Sri Lanka beholden to China for years to come. This Port City will not give any returns.
I personally feel the Sri Lankan governemnt focused too much of their effort & capital on Tourism...fine, it's good income too...but it cannot sustain the economy at longer periods. The government made a mistake by not developing industries and service sectors parallely...hopefully, they will do it now.
All the srilankan politicians should be responsible for this ,specially rajapaksha criminal family ,and also the other political parties too because they all are working together. All the members in sri lanksn parliament are crooked some of them are drug kingpins .don't no what options we have as a citizens. Situation here is so sad and bizarre. May God help us pray for us 🙏
dont help government but the people . 102 TONS OF PRINTED PAPER WAS SEND UGANDA WITH SRI LANKAN AIR WHAT WAS IT ? $$$$$$$$ ? HOW MANY INVESTMENTS THIS FAMILY HAS IN UGANDA ? DUBAI ? HOW MUCH OUR MONEY IN AMERICA ?
21 billion import bill last year and for prior decades - mostly for rupee rich professional, political and urban population who does not contribute anything to dollar economy and lead an upper middle income country lifestyle. . Most dollars are earned by rural poor like housemaids who work in middle east. Ironically their lifestyles do not use dollars
the discussions are all centered on the economics and not the elephant in the room. Considerations have to viewed to the political eye-point as well. By having the IMF dictating the terms and capitulating the harsh IMF terms imposed, the politicians has the escape route by having the IMF as the "real" oppressor. That may be the very reason to announcing the default before the IMF negotiations.
Why don’t srilangkan people help each other and the government!! To unite ! For peaceful prayers . Instead blaming each other !! .. act civilized smart with The heart! .. foulth of one ! Fault for everyone! The real problem her e is the People itself not money!!…
Go back to basics Go organic Produce food locally Use biofuel Use hydro,wind and solar power Use bicycles and no cars Recycle paper and metal Use horse drawn carriages Spend less on army Make medicine locally Build renewable energy projects Make manufaturing centers Allow foreign retirees to live longterm Allow foreigners to invest in properties
Balance the budget = lower social programs = less free things = people angry Higher social programs = more free things = unbalance budget = people happy Fiscal conservation + sacrifice some social programs + higher taxation = balance budget
How much is kilo of tomato in Sri Lanka today?And where is buddy Hemal who I used to eat roti prata and chicken curry on the same plate..where is my machan?hope he is ok…💝🥗🙈🙉🙊🐵
I hope some people get it.. the people who handle the money first, always keep the most for themselves, if theres anything left, it filters down to the very person who worked so we can have things in life.. governments/banks, are not working for us, we are working for them, and i cant see anything out of the norm with this situation in Sri Lanka
I love this. What a time to be alive. Clean this government out and bring in healthier leaders for a better future for the entire island. We’ve got so much potential in the people from North to South and they’re not being taken advantage of because of stupid politicians elected since independence. Sri Lanka, let’s do better - for a better tomorrow!
And who elected this trash? Uhm yes that was you guys. So I guess you peeps deserve this. Choosing communal racism instead of development is really path to this.
100% agreed
@@minurakodithuwakku9490 u may agree 👍. But it is not going to happen.
Power corrupts, don't have people in power. Make a system that gives everyone equal power
Politicians are the ones who rob the country.
Sri Lanka is beautiful county with lovely people and dumb politicians
do you know how many tamilians were killed ?
@@arunjeevaratnam8147 I know my uncle was killed when Rajiv Gandhi sent Indian army there . I have been to Sri Lanka myself politicians and there game brother. What to say
@@gurneetchatha3830 they have a genuine hate towards tamilians
@@jennyjames2673 no they don’t. Only people who are generally hateful are the people like you. Sri Lanka has moved forward from the civil war and Tamils and Sinhalese are now live in harmony. You don’t even live in the country anymore eh? 🤮😁But loving the life spreading hate among Sri Lankans. Keep out.. stay where you are and leave our country and it’s people alone. We have enough problems here regardless of the ethnicity. We are all one country . Don’t try to divide us again.
@@jennyjames2673 I wouldn't say so
We study with many Tamil students. We are also now realizing Tamils struggles. Language barriers is the main thing that separate us. Both Tamil and Sinhala politicians used it to devide us for their political agendas.
US$ 8 billion invested by MP namal Rajapaksha in a finance company ALBG Doha Qatar where he is the Director Finance. The company has links to another company who got a contract to supply energy to Sri Lanka recently.. US$ 19 billion taken outside the country by the Rajapakshas according to Global Financial Integrity Report 2015. (Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries 2004-2013). All in the web to see.
Please share the link
STRIP THERE WEALTH!
Please share the link and anyother known other information SL people need them.
Earlier Governor of central bank of Sri Lanka robbed the Country with Rajapakshas,
And also during the 2015 -2019 the previous Central Bank governor and finance minister Robbed the Central Bank.
අරගලයට ජය වේවා 🙏🇱🇰❤
Appeasing the majority politics has let to this situation. The educated and middle class Sinhalese in this unitary state benefited a suppressing policy towards minorities for years. They did reward Rajabakse Family who bankrupted all!
The situation is similar in Malaysia! No?
@@jasonphang3596 wrong question to ask here, check Malaysian news.
@@nero8837 what does that even supposed to mean lmao
Sri Lanka needs to manufacture and export like Vietnam, cannot depend on tourism only.
Just go back to living a simple life without modern amenities. Life will be stress free and people can feed themselves with what they farm and catch from the sea. Peaceful life.
Sri lanka does do alot of export. Clothes for big brands, tea, coconuts, rubber, but all that money goes to the politicians.
Rajapakse’s wealth is what needed to pay all debts, people are fighting to restore the finances and it’ll happen after sometime when the protests comes to reality
This is why developed countries have independent law and order. Most importantly, religious leaders have no say to politicians and politics
Greece is church governed country..
Thank you AL Jazeera for giving us a voice from Jaffna
Peace loving people from all over world is spreading your voice. Some NGO's from India is planning to send Diesel and Petrol but lot of international restrictions. However Government sent help on occasion of new year.
@@amitbarve136 why didn't you stopped Indian state backed terrorist org funding lttee.
@@amberlight5830 Which one is that? Where do you find LTTE.
@@subramaniamsaravanamuttu2901 Lttee terrorist waged war against state of sl to disintegrate it.
Backed, trained funded by endia. Now tamils are giving it a reason its due to tamil suffering ehiel they forgot what havoc on sl for 27+ years to which sl wasted its precious years of progress wasted on these illegal activities and wars on its soil. Hope you understand what is lttee you looks like a tamil to me. How many sl citizens you had killed, your score or terrorist bomb attacks or suicide attacks? ?
@@amberlight5830 LTTE is history and india helped Sri lanka to eliminate them
Even today they are still recognised as a terrorist organisation in india
With all the so called intelligent people no one can figure out how to develop a non corrupt government.
Head about Denmark? We are doing a pretty good day, because of high transparency.
SIMPLE..CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IMMEDIATely IF THEY LIE OR CIRRUPT
Sri Lanka has not defaulted repayment
Its the Rajapaksas' and supporting MPs' loan
Pay the loans and interest with what they siphoned away. Put them in jail.
Why r u day dreaming?
Exately
අරගලයට ජයවේවා❤️
ayo "school exams not commencing due to lack of paper" its like their country just froze in time, in every aspect but the people are still moving around and having to struggle
What a shame that Sri Lanka is begging for money. All because of miss management of financial services by GOTA. OMG.. 16 times and this is going to be 17th time asking for money?
The civil war made arms dealers and your politicians rich
The IMF Or any other countries would be extremely reluctant to lend any money to SL while the. Rajapakshrair govt remains in control .Because there can be no confidence in any improvement in the financial well being of the country They have to resign and let a caretaker govt form government till parliament calls for a national election
Election is not solution. It may further burden the national assets yand bring further division. Maybe sl needs a technocrats government for they three year before any elections.
Sir Lanka can only move forward if they get the rajapakse out and clean up the corruption.
Get the power back to the people.
What Rajapaksha family has stolen has invested in UAE And Uganda
The ability to develop artificial intelligence in a world where there is so little intelligence is a cause for great concern.....period
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An Island that imports fish,what more can you expect!!!
Well said 👏. Not only that. A tropical island that imports milk powder from New Zealand 🇳🇿, chicken feed from America 🇺🇸 & eggs from India 🇮🇳.
Seeing SL people experiencing this makes my heart break, fr, and tbh, I can see my country, Philippines, might be also in this situation in the future if BBM and Duterte are in the presidential office. it really scares me, Filipino's are so ignorant, blinded and cant distinguish what's the fact and not.
I hope Sri Lanka will get through this.
Sri Lanka, mabuhay ka, tumindig ka!
Yan din ang sinasabi ko dun sa mga kababayan natin hindi mulat sa katotohanan, sana hangga't may panahon pa makapag isip pa sila, nakakapanlumo makita ang ganyan na situation.,nakakaawa ang mga tao.
@@lodivinadestura3384 Totoo, nakatatakot. Napaka crucial nitong darating na eleksyon, ito na ang huling pagkakataon ng Pilipinas para isaayos ang bansa. Jusko deka-dekada na tayong ganito 'di ba nila iniisip kinabukasan ng pamilya nila't bansa? Pag nanalo yang partido nila Marcos gagawin ko lahat ng paraan para makaalis ng Pilipinas, maigi pang sa ibang bansa na lang mag-aral at kumayod kesa sa kinabukasan ng Pilipinas pag yang mga yan na ang nakaupo
I thought you people like Duterte, maybe over the expense of country's revenue for the Build Build Build programme will plunge Philipines to a debt trap.
@@aungmyintoo4635 There's a Filipina who bid for a presidency for at least 3 times and never wins. That woman is a former judge of international criminal court and a former senator - judge of the Philippines. And the thing is I don't get why the Filipinos don't vote her and regretting and quoting now that Filipina was "The greatest president we never had". Dumb to the core.
Also I don't like Duterte plus I can see PH being a province of China if the administration doesn't change. Also it's frustrating to see your country being bullied in your own waters (West Philippine Sea dispute). Aigoo
Haaaa? Hahaha.kung di nagka covid. Napakataas ng GDP growth ng pinas. Madami naging kaalyado ang ating pangulo. Madami investment at malabong magaya tayo sa knila. Look up. Napakadami nagawa ng bagong gobyerno.
Sadly we are facing same situation here in Somalia-🇸🇴 but unfortunately us, our leaders corrupt the country.
Sri Lankan economy was destroyed by stupidity. Corruption is actually better because you can fix corruption even if it takes time. Stupidity is very hard to cure.
Same here in Sri Lanka all the politicians are corrupted
Somalia is far worse off than Sri Lanka.
Give your email id.
Karma has visited Sir Lankans, 6 years north people without electricity 💡 and anything then the world 🌎 helped to kill them and was boasting of killing. Look at the arms supplier Ukraine. Until Sir lankans repent and respect each other and rebrand the country they will suffer
Sri Lankans keep rising up and put those Rajapaksa thieves in jail!
It is so so sad to see what the Rajapaksa’s have done to Sri Lanka and it’s people and have turned Sri Lanka into beggars of the world where now they will have to go begging around the world for money for the rest of their lives ‼️‼️💔💔
it's called karma bro
Exactly
@@arunjeevaratnam8147 what karma ?
It is the people who voted for Rajapaksas & brought them to power. People got what they asked for.
@@arunjeevaratnam8147 first understand what karma is. Then understand how tamil people are also suffering. Then humble yourself without living in the past.
Hopefully what happened to Sri Lanka will improve soon and welfare will return to its people
here is a simple solution to pay off 100 billion with out taking loan - give dual citizen ships to all 3 million sri lankans overseas so they can buy a $ 50000 house in sri lanka / give 50 % off on all flights and hotel tickets / costs to all sri lankans and foreigners who like to visit sri lanka for the 2022 - 2023 / cancel all rajapaksha family members passports and stop them from leaving the country - and bring them to an impeachment and force them to pay all the stolen money to the central bank or throw them in jail for life .
Arjun Mahendran who now lives in Singapore robbed Central Bank in previous government, not only Raj@pocss
Sri Lanka should come out from Ethnocentric Governance - They can come to power by playing ethic and religious cards, but when it come to Governance they should include all sectors of people and be fair to rule by the LAW -
That's just one aspect. Debt trap economies of world is going to shatter people around the world. Some earlier some later.
'..it is so sad that the country whose ancient name Serendip has given the English language the word Serendipity, is now the epitome of conflict, pain, sorrow and hopelessness' - Lee Kuan Yew on Sri Lanka 2010
If SL government defaults on debt service, the citizen should follow suit:
Stopping all payments of installments for loans taken for housing, businesses, home appliances etc...
Yes that's a good idea.. Let's destroy all the local business
To what end? So the home appliance store guy and the widow relying on her rental income are hurt too? How does that help?
lol.. then you create more problems.. you have to support your government thru economic activity
$51 billion in debt! wtf! what did you do with this money, Sri Lanka?
Hmmmm that a very good question
Corrupted politicians robbed 70% of them
First default second ban essential goods exports Third only trade is rupees and increase home production of food even motorcycle used to run in coconut oil in the north
😂😂…the rupee is worthless…why would any country with to accept it?
@@edafe4all so we do not care I became first 2 $ man in 2018 to destroy the $
what a shame to our country
😥😥😥🔫
😃it's called Karma
We have been a proud nation. Stupid decision makings and corruption turned it around.
@@arunjeevaratnam8147 karma for what exactly?
@@alia8474 Kama for voting in a bunch of a holes.
It's time for Sri Lanka to hand over one of its most strategic port cities to the country that owes the most debt. So that the country can use the port city as a transit port and manufacturing industry centre.
Where were all the people protesting When the successive governments were killing Tamils. These people were cheering on and even called Rajapakse the war criminal a hero. Their hatred for the Tamils were so much, inspite knowing who Rajapakse is they voted him in. Bravo.
Now the killers have become beggers.
They say they lost their freedom. They are not being bombed raped or burnt alive. They are even allowed to protest. Imagine Tamils protesting. Tamils would have been arrested, tortured and killed.
The Sinhaliase should be thankful to the Monkes and Rajapakses for killing 20,000 people on the last day of the civil war.
This is how krma looks like and it is kind compared to what Tamils had to go through.
Lmao, it ain't over yet. Once the Rajapaksa resigns, the new government will push off the Tamils from the country or they will declare Tamils do not have voting rights like in 1950's. Sinhalese cannot imagine a country administered by a Tamil. Tamils will always be in the sidelines, the least they could do is to not lose their voting rights. I hope the new Srilankan govt don't bring rules such as govt job is only for Singalese.
@@AnJe.. No country would do that
Because of singalese country corrupted. No brains
@@AnJe.. what lies you are spreading here? Even the lecture on this news broadcast panel is Tamil and he is teaching at university of Jaffna where majority of Tamils live. Tamils have equal rights for a good education in SL. Tamils are working and given the opportunity to work in all government and private sector in Sri Lanka. Where are you from? Hatevill? 😢
@@dil7225 Yeah right, then why was the memorial in the Jaffna university was demolished? All the Sinhalese applauded the act and the social media was overwhelmed with the statement that the srilankan-tamils should swim to the Indian state of Tamilnadu if they wish to cherish tamil sentiments. I have no hatred towards Sinhalese, I'm speculating the future here. Its inevitable that the tamils will be deported or sacked/restricted from most of the jobs. Then the burden would fall on India, where it had to accomodate millions of Srilankan-Tamil refugees. I hope the future srilankan government don't strip off the Tamils' citizenship.
@@AnJe.. be a human..
Rajapaksha familiy has looted 19 billion US dollars, If the country can recover the money they have looted problems will be solved .
All debts could be paid up.
above 50 billion dollars were looted
Government waited that the interest rate go Up.
This is criminal
Why don't people eliminate the rajapaksa's? They have stolen too much of money that belongs to the people.
Believe me, we are trying
@@pabasararanathunga9350 too late they are long gone 😂😂
People of Sri Lanka, buy Bitcoin and use Ethereum!
I still don't understand. Why is this of all things important? Their currency is kaputs, their government is corrupt. Why isn't anyone taking over?
Even if they get the package it remains a cyoff debt trap. You will distribute it but how will you collect it to pay back. One of Solutions is to invest in local production by citizens.
Limited,, but not stopped.
Big difference
Al Jazeera can you please investigate the Rajapake regime and the stolen money!...
Let Tamil diaspora bring the money to Sri Lanka and negotiate a deal!
What deal?
Can't trust diaspora
Nope, not a penny from Diaspora. Diaspora even let down the Tamils in North. Who can trust Foxies?
The largest creditor is Japan .
The second largest creditor is ADB .
It's good happens this way, so sri lankan people learn better regards to choosing politicians, unfortunately sri lankans has very poor knowledge of analysing facts and data comes from the history. So they keep making the same error again and again for last 7 decades. Hope this will be new start to Sri Lanka. Good luck Sri Lanka.. be strong... There are millions of people in the world who love this little paradise... They are with you.
Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksha tsunami robber is the main curse to the country.
How about sri lanka joining the Indian federation? Debt buyout?
As we all saw three military men with guns in a civilian protest in front of the parliament is simple example of how military interferes with the civilian lives in North&East. Further the reaction of Defence secretary Kamal Gunarane must be condemned by all human right defenders. Please Just imagine how he will react for such circumstances in North&East. Actually main hindrance to the reconciliation between communities is the Srilankan military and other security forces. It is up to all concerned Srilankans to make sure civil liberties must be insured for all citizens of Srilanka. Thank you
Rajapaksa family has become rich , country has become poor
Question at 18:00 - the answer is that the current opposition party is ALSO corrupt and they don’t want to be sent home either…they all accepted commissions for subpar infrastructure projects they knew would fail. A few key businessman and construction developers are also equally corrupt and are to be blamed.
It's Not only Sri Lanka, the the prices of goods have gone up globally, the local governments are irrelevant and in no way the reason its happening
True that the prices of goods have gone up globally， but you don't see financially stronger countries going bankrupt, do you? While it is true that the pandemic and Russia Ukrian war affects everyone globally, rich and financially sound countries are able to manage and ride through this storm with much more ease, without going bankrupt.
The local governments are not irrelevant.
Everyone around the world are affected by rising inflation, local asking their government to help but where will the money come from? Not much help.
Ok, this is all well & good, after the Rajapakse’s are ousted, where is the justice in this? We still have the debt of 51 billion! IMF or an external body of auditors to ascertain, where the Rajapakse’s have squandered the public monies! This is a time for change, for a young government to create an intelligent & transparent policies for the future of our nation!
Thank god they were at least honest about corruption, but it should be the the first talking point about anything else !
All parties are working in parliament. Why they are waiting to see critical crisis? They are just waiting to see the people in protesting. They are convincing young people and students to be on roads and to protest. They all should work together to get out of the crisis.
Thank you perara they could have callyfor your support too
None of these people speak the bitter truth, about the main reason for this crisis, embezzlement of people's funds by the Rajapakshas and their family members and government cronies, they have filled their coffers, if things go really bad and untenable they will leave the country, leave the people for the mercy of their own destinies.
The Tamil diaspora could help but we won't. Why should we help a country that has destroyed us time and time again. It's finally our time to watch the enemies squirm and suffer.
Sri Lankan Tamils are suffering the same fate as the Sinhalese right now, but it seems you don't care.
There should be a political solution for the tamils. After 30 years of wars most of the tamil intellectual families fled to foreign countries where they`re descendants on average are doing exceptionally well. Imagine if the anti tamil programs through populist nationalist politicians never happened. Then the war would not have happened, these families would have stayed in the nation, money would have been spent on post colonial nation building, and the economy would have continued to blossom (as long as there was an extreme form of punishment against corruption).
A morally bankrupt country now bacomes financially bankrupt. In 2009, one hundred and fifty thousand inocent minority Tamils were bruttaly killed by the Sri Lankan army. The then defence minister said on record that he considers the hospitals in Tamil areas and designated 'no fire zones' are legitimate targets. These people celebarated when their fellow citizens bleed to death . Ask any of these protestors, either they will deny any killings, justify them as collatarel damage or accuse LTTE . That tells a lot about Sri Lanka. I hope the present government continue to rule Sri Lanka, so the racist majority can come to their senses.
right
.... they were afraid of tamil people growth -- bcoz we all know tamils are intelligent and labourious..
Government officials can wave their own salaries and help their country!! And the people!
good discussion
debt jubilee . " j as in junk economics " " your debt is some corporation's asset " all this debt is a line on a spreadsheet somewhere .
IMF Loans: money shower for bureaucrats today, poverty for the people tomorrow. I only hear blaming Ukraine, covid, the supply chain, no mention of politicians!
STRIP THEM OF THERE WEALTH
What happens if they cant pay up?
Easy money from ccp china big problem later for sri lanka, serve's the rajapaksa govt right for cozying too much to ccp china....✌
Just get used on walking down the street without clothes. Just get them to dry your tears.
EVERY AVALABLE.PATCH.MUST BE CULTIVSTED. FOR EXPORTS EVERY HOME MUST HAVE A VEGETABLE AND SPICE GARDEN. IMPROVE DAIRY PRODUCTION. JUST LIKE ISREAL.
Yes, yes, yes, we are an agricultural country. Past few decades, corrupted politicians destroyed our farmers. 😭
foreign saving is not a conflict averse way of stabelizing your currency unfortunately...
Good Indeed.
Liers Rajapaksa's family fox behavior & mis management proved that they're theives. Our UNITY power will lead us to our life to the best new direction. Our Smart Young generation will figure it out the best solutions for our country. "Every moment is a fresh beginning." Life's about doing, being and becoming. Happy Healthy New year for all of us 🕊
Sri Lanka is not Poor country. Leaders stole all, everyone is paying water n electricity bills on time.
While all this downward spiral is taking place, the construction activity near the Colombo Port is still going on that will not give any returns. The loans keep increasing that will make Sri Lanka beholden to China for years to come. This Port City will not give any returns.
I personally feel the Sri Lankan governemnt focused too much of their effort & capital on Tourism...fine, it's good income too...but it cannot sustain the economy at longer periods. The government made a mistake by not developing industries and service sectors parallely...hopefully, they will do it now.
Do it with what money exactly?
@@Chris-cx7zk I mean in general... yes they have financial problem but in future this mistake shouldn't be an issue
@@prakashm1468 good job on editing it to exclude the money part
@@Chris-cx7zk why is it affecting your view in Sri Lanka?
This time of economic crisis Gulf countries shall help Sri Lanka. It's good time to invest in TankFarm facilities in SriLanka.
All the srilankan politicians should be responsible for this ,specially rajapaksha criminal family ,and also the other political parties too because they all are working together. All the members in sri lanksn parliament are crooked some of them are drug kingpins .don't no what options we have as a citizens. Situation here is so sad and bizarre. May God help us pray for us 🙏
There is no god! Believing in god is one of the problems.
"The government maintains its in control"
dont help government but the people . 102 TONS OF PRINTED PAPER WAS SEND UGANDA WITH SRI LANKAN AIR WHAT WAS IT ? $$$$$$$$ ? HOW MANY INVESTMENTS THIS FAMILY HAS IN UGANDA ? DUBAI ? HOW MUCH OUR MONEY IN AMERICA ?
21 billion import bill last year and for prior decades - mostly for rupee rich professional, political and urban population who does not contribute anything to dollar economy and lead an upper middle income country lifestyle. . Most dollars are earned by rural poor like housemaids who work in middle east. Ironically their lifestyles do not use dollars
How did Sri Lanka run up a $50 Billion loan in the first place
Freedom for srilanka soon
the discussions are all centered on the economics and not the elephant in the room. Considerations have to viewed to the political eye-point as well. By having the IMF dictating the terms and capitulating the harsh IMF terms imposed, the politicians has the escape route by having the IMF as the "real" oppressor. That may be the very reason to announcing the default before the IMF negotiations.
Need leaders who are able to think ahead, know how to manage economy and wealth of the country. Make hay while the sun shines.
Just watch and sit outside. Money is just around. your boat is seen.
We need system change
Why don’t srilangkan people help each other and the government!! To unite ! For peaceful prayers . Instead blaming each other !! .. act civilized smart with The heart! .. foulth of one ! Fault for everyone! The real problem her e is the People itself not money!!…
Siri: "What are the implications of Sri Lanka's debt default?"
It's 51B, Apple can literally buy out sirilanka and not feel anthing
Go back to basics
Go organic
Produce food locally
Use biofuel
Use hydro,wind and solar power
Use bicycles and no cars
Recycle paper and metal
Use horse drawn carriages
Spend less on army
Make medicine locally
Build renewable energy projects
Make manufaturing centers
Allow foreign retirees to live longterm
Allow foreigners to invest in properties
Go all Rajapakasas their home
Things are never simple as that
Get Emil Savundra as minister of finance.
Balance the budget = lower social programs = less free things = people angry
Higher social programs = more free things = unbalance budget = people happy
Fiscal conservation + sacrifice some social programs + higher taxation = balance budget
This is a great reporter! I love her
The woman in the very beginning
*she
None of the three experts know how to answer the question being asked.
why is the reporter talking about new year 1:16 .Is this video recorded before January?
How much is kilo of tomato in Sri Lanka today?And where is buddy Hemal who I used to eat roti prata and chicken curry on the same plate..where is my machan?hope he is ok…💝🥗🙈🙉🙊🐵
99 years
International community don't send a single doller to sri Lanka if Gotabaya Rajapaksa doesn't stepdown.
Jaya Lanka
No more dynasties.
Who said so? If Rajapaksas step down, Premadasas r going to come to power. Dynastic rule is a curse to 3rd world countries.
I hope some people get it.. the people who handle the money first, always keep the most for themselves, if theres anything left, it filters down to the very person who worked so we can have things in life.. governments/banks, are not working for us, we are working for them, and i cant see anything out of the norm with this situation in Sri Lanka