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| Academics criticise UNP's 15 point National Policy by Jayasinghe Premaratne The 15 point National Policy presented by UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe a few days ago has been severely criticised by several academics. The UNP Agenda, which is a mere fairy tale composed to lure the masses, does not contain an iota of knowledge about the true nature of social and economic problems in the country, as assessed by Professor Ranjith Amarasinghe, Dean of the Arts Faculty of the Peradeniya University. Professor Amarasinghe discerned the UNP proposals as a political gimmick calculated to disrupt the Government's far-sighted monetary strategy being pursued with circumspection. He expressed alarm as to how the architects of this agenda failed to foresee the impracticable nature of this daydream. Professor Amarasinghe said the UNP document speaks of their cooperation with the Government to restart negotiations with the LTTE, but on the condition that the talks should begin with Interim Administration as its base. Expeditious redemption of National Debts by utilising foreign exchange reserves while safeguarding the stability of the rupee at the same time is a humourous proposal in the agenda, Professor Amarasinghe said. He expressed doubt whether farmers could be lifted by negotiating with marketing companies. Dr. Ranjith Premalal de Silva, Senior Lecturer of the Peradeniya University and President of the Sri Lanka Geological and Information Technology Society said what is needed is not political bickering for vote hunting but a unison among political leaders to implement the national program of rehabilitating the country following the tsunami. |
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