My predecessor hid the reality concerning the financial state of affairs – Muricas News

Appearing Sri Lankan President Renil Wikramsinga in the present day (Monday) accused the administration of former president Gutbaya Rajapaxa, who fled the nation final week, of not telling residents the reality concerning the financial state of affairs, though he himself has served as prime minister for the previous two months.

Wickermasinga was appointed appearing president after Rajapaxa emailed his resignation letter final Thursday, after fleeing to the Maldives and Singapore following hundreds of protesters taking on the presidential palace.

In an unique interview with CNN in the present day, Wickersinga blamed the previous president for the financial disaster that introduced the island to the brink of chapter and accused him of “hiding the information” about the true state of affairs. “I need to inform residents that I do know they're struggling,” he mentioned. “We’ve gone backwards. We have to reboot. We don’t want one other 5 or ten years. We have to begin stabilizing by the tip of subsequent yr, and positively by 2024 we may have a functioning economic system that can begin to develop.”

Though Vickersinga has said that he intends to resign as prime minister with the intention to promote calm, and though protesters have burned his home, he intends to run within the parliamentary elections on Wednesday as he claims he “was not a part of the identical administration”. “I’m not the identical, folks comprehend it,” mentioned Wickersinga, who has served six instances as prime minister. “I got here right here to handle the economic system.”