let s go to our second question. anoka abeyrathne, your question, please. so, how can corruption, which is the leading reason for why the country is where it is now, be curbed to ensure sound policies and governance? ooh, anoka s sticking out her head there, isn t she? so, we know about all the external factors that have gone on, but anoka s question is that the internal factors, principally corruption, is the culprit. let s go to you first, harini. yeah, ithink- that s the key issue. if you look at the protests last year, one of the key. demands of people was - give our stolen money back and all those - who were responsible for corruption accountable. so, addressing that is critical, | but that requires i a political change, a political reform, i and that s the point i made earlier as well if we see this purely in terms of an economic crisis, - that would be missing the big picture. - this is a political crisis,
anoka abeyrathne, your question, please. so, how can corruption, which is the leading reason for why the country is where it is now, be curbed to ensure sound policies and governance? 0oh, anoka s sticking out her head there, isn t she? so, we know about all the external factors that have gone on, but anoka s question is that the internal factors, principally corruption, is the culprit. let s go to you first, harini. yeah, i think that s the key issue. - if you look at the protests last year, one of the key. demands of people was give our stolen money back - and all those who were . responsible for corruption accountable. so, addressing that is. critical, but that requires a political change, a political reform, and that s the point| i made earlier as well - if we see this purely in terms of an economic crisis, j that would be missing the big picture. this is a political crisis, - and the decisions and choices that politicians have i made led to this crisis, and those politicians h
standards are not going to see much improvement over the next two to three years. so it can lead to a sense of frustration, and i think it s quite right that this is not only an economic crisis, it is also a political crisis loss of faith in governance and our political institutions. so there has to be some sense of momentum, that the problems have been recognised and some changes are coming. 0therwise, what would happen? otherwise i think a sense of frustration can spill over into a repeat of what we saw. thank you very much indeed. let s go to our second question. anoka abeyrathne, your question, please. so, how can corruption, which is the leading reason for why the country is where it is now, be curbed to ensure sound policies and governance ? 0oh, anoka s sticking out her head there, isn t she?
so it can lead to a sense of frustration, and i think it s quite right that this is not only an economic crisis, it is also a political crisis loss of faith in governance and our political institutions. so there has to be some sense of momentum, that the problems have been recognised and some changes are coming. otherwise, what would happen? otherwise i think a sense of frustration can spill over into a repeat of what we saw. thank you very much indeed. let s go to our second question. anoka abeyrathne, your question, please. so, how can corruption, which is the leading reason for why the country is where it is now, be curbed to ensure sound policies and governance? ooh, anoka s sticking out her head there, isn t she? so, we know about all the external factors that have gone on, but anoka s question is that the internal factors, principally corruption,
improvement over the next two to three years. so it can lead to a sense of frustration, and i think it s quite right that this is not only an economic crisis, it is also a political crisis loss of faith in governance and our political institutions. so there has to be some sense of momentum, that the problems have been recognised and some changes are coming. 0therwise, what would happen? otherwise i think a sense of frustration can spill over into a repeat of what we saw. thank you very much indeed. let s go to our second question. anoka abeyrathne, your question, please. so, how can corruption, which is the leading reason for why the country is where it is now, be curbed to ensure sound policies and governance? 0oh, anoka s sticking out her head there, isn t she? so, we know about all the external factors that have gone on, but anoka s question is that the internal factors, principally corruption,