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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kudos_utopia" data-source="post: 5654296" data-attributes="member: 90660"><04> Govt. talks like a ‘Chandiya’ to people but goes after EU like a ‘nondiya’ secreGovt. talks like a ‘Chandiya’ to people but goes after EU like a ‘nondiya’ secretly begging for the GSP+ concession- Lakshman Kiriella Speaking to the media at the UNP media unit today (7) said, the Govt. has got so accustomed to backstreet politics and deceitful tactics that it is unable to get over those habits even when it wishes to. The President who thinks he is successful because he wins elections more by foul than fair means, and by making speeches which appeal only to the gallery. had stated in public with much gesticulation that he does not care whether or not the country gets the GSP + benefits. After making the ‘Chandi’ talk before the gullible Sri Lankans, he, like a ‘nondia’, desperately sends his representatives, Senior Presidential advisor Basil Rajapakse, his Defense secretary Gotabaya and others to the EU to beg secretly and get GSP+ concessions. The latest move when everything is failing is to send a multi religious group to plead for the GSP+., he added. The Govt. is the architect of this GSP+ muddle. Had President followed Nelsen Mendela and acted democratically and adhered to the international pacts to protect human rights, media rights and Democratic freedoms of the people ; getting the GSP + is no hurdle. But, because the President is trying to emulate Robert Mugabe riding the high horse and acting anti Democratically and despotically that he has to resort to all the deceitful tactics and measures to obtain the GSP+ benefits, he pinpointed.     It is the same overriding backstreet politics trait of the Govt. which is prompting it to present a vote on account instead of the usual budget this year giving false excuses. The Govt. which took the IMF loan in its desperation abjectly surrendering to all the IMF conditions is now realizing that it cannot honor those undertakings given to the IMF via the budget. Hence, it is trying to present the vote on account and circumvent the IMF terms. One of the many stringent conditions of the IMF loan is that the Govt. in its budget should increase its revenue by 4%. The Govt. whose revenue has dropped just within the last six months by 10 % is hard put to meet the IMF requirement. The only solution is to cruelly increase the tax burdens on the already reeling people. Can the Govt. conscionably do that when the people are already reeling paying a 35% tax on all the purchases and goods? he asked. For the same reason, Investors are not coming to SL, because they have to pay a 64 % tax out of their earnings, he lamented. Foreign aid to the country has also dwindled –it is down by 66% this year. The Foreign donors have lost faith in the Govt., its credibility and creditworthiness, he pinpointed. </blockquote>

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