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The economic reforms advanced by the World Bank include the privatisation of Sri Lanka’s state-owned enterprises, mass job destruction and further attacks on hard-won wages and working conditions.
The SEP is fielding candidates for three local government bodies the Kolonnawa Urban Council in Colombo, the Maskeliya Pradeshiya Sabha in Nuwara Eliya and the Karainagar Pradeshiya in Jaffna.
Wickremesinghe’s budget did not include any measures to address the brutal social conditions facing workers and the poor, who are struggling with hyperinflation, shortages of essentials and starvation.