GSP vis-a-vis Sri Lanka

by Ivor Samarasinghe

(July 15, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The global economic recession is recouping, thereby opening wide the Textile Market, in which Sri Lanka enjoyed a sizeable share. Garments are picking up in the West. Sri Lanka does have a fair market in Asia too banishing any anxiety over a decline. Assistance to the export sector by way of subsidies will be unnecessary and superfluous for the drawback is fleeting. Subsidies will draw on the State coffer, which is presently directing its resources to developments outlined in the Chintanaya. Leaning on the European Union is not called for.

The Wimal Weerawansa episode has struck a mortal blow to the R2P Hands off Sri Lanka, is the clarion call. The message is loud and clear! It will remain a slogan until the Homeland blossoms and be the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. U S envy will not hold up its forward march to excellence.

S. Perera’s contention that the duty waiver on vehicles is confined to those members of Parliament is a distortion directed at the Government. Perera you too enjoy the privilege as do all MP’s. Loan facilities from State coffers are offered for the convenience of accounting and not any fraudulent double dealing. Undisclosed funds is a privilege of the businessman Why not agitate for legislative provision for disclosure of assets Be content Perera that men of means condescend to listen to the wants of the hoi polloi. The Lankan economy will soon straddle Asia. Lanka’s masses are not languishing in poverty.

The Country’s GDP is at 8% and the per capita income has doubled. The electronic age is spreading the good news that the World will soon have to contend with a mighty atom that ‘is Sri Lanka I that it could no longer be bandied with or tossed about. Many have attempted to SCREW the nation and declare it FAILED. Apart from the brief 2002-2004 UNP rule Sri Lanka has stood tall with its head unbowed.

If Moon’s gyrations are his own and UN no role in the episode for he has gone against the UN charter, then sack him and clear the good name of the UN that is much dependant on US funding. The L.T.T.E did not care ‘TWO HOOTS’ for the UN, the West was in toe with the LTTE. The LTTE was not a registered legal entity but a CFA was signed assisted by NORWAY. The C.F.A gifted a ‘Vast Swathe’ of land to a terrorist organization. Peaceful demonstrations are a democratic right and Wimal has resorted to such.