Posted on July 13th, 2021
Dilrook Kannangara
Sri Lanka is
in a foreign exchange crisis. It has short term and long-term reasons. In 1977
when the economy was opened, it was done in a haphazard way. Due to those
deficiencies the nation faces many nasty consequences. A powerful, wealthy,
criminal and anti-national import mafia has been created. They import anything
they like from narcotics to bombs. It is time to wrest control of the imports
industry and fix the largest national security loophole in the country.
How Did We Get Here?
After winning the
1977 election on the promise of opening the economy, the government simply did