Currently, the political situation in Srilanka is favorable to the opposition,but the situation will not last long. The reason for this is that the country’s economy is improving day by day. Accordingly, in the future, the opposition will weaken and the government party will become stronger. For this reason, JVP and SJB are trying to get an election as soon as possible.
The cost of this year’s election is estimated at 20 billion rupees. 20 billion rupees is an amount that allocated to certain ministries in a year. And Sri Lanka is still in a bankrupt situation.
Last month, the government’s revenue was 141 billion rupees, and the expenditure was 154 billion rupees. Further, The government spends most of money on debt and interest payments.
It is undisputed fact that Now Sri Lanka is a debt default country.In a background of non-payment of debt, the February deficit is 13 billion. Currently, there is a shortage of medicines in hospitals and Rs 22 billion have been required to import medicines.
When the cost of the election divided by the population it comes approximately 1000 rupees per person. Accordingly, every family in Sri Lanka has to bear nearly 5000 rupees as election expenses.
Because Ranil, Sajith or Anura do not pay that money by themselves. It should be understood that Sajith and Anura are not demanding elections Not because of the love of people but greedy of power.
Yesterday the Supreme Court passed an order affecting the election. That is, court ordered that the money allocated from the budget for the election should not be used for any other purpose. As indicated above, last month there is a deficit of 13 billion that deference between the government’s revenue and expenditure . Accordingly, if money is provided for the election, it should be printed.
However, the IMF has banned Sri Lanka from printing money. Suppose money was printed despite the IMF ban, physical materials such as petrol, diesel, electricity etc. that required for elections cannot be printed. Such materials should be imported by paying dollars.
You can find solutions to political crises by revolts . But Sri Lanka is suffering with economic crisis . Economic crises cannot be solved by revolts.
The situation of judiciary is the same . Political crises can be resolved through judicial decisions. But economic crises cannot be solved judicial decisions. If the court intervenes in economic crises, it will worsen the crisis.
