ICTD founder and Professorial Fellow Mick Moore has penned an op-ed, entitled “Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades”, for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror.
He said in part: “Other than [Mangala] Samaraweera [(2017-2019)], a couple of the people who have briefly held the post of Finance Minister since 1988 have been figureheads. For the most of that period, the post has been held by the incumbent President. It follows that the President/Minister of Finance, could not exercise any independent influence over economic and fiscal policy, or query or check government financial decisions.”
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