Harsha offers to lead all party economic revival plan

Main Opposition SJB Parliamentarian and Treasurer Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday offered to give leadership to an all-party economic revival plan via a key Parliamentary oversight committee. 

“Given the deadlock in creating an all-party government to resolve #SriLankaCrisis I offer to be Chairman of Public Finance Committee in @ParliamentLK and give leadership to prepare All Party Economic Revival Plan as a Parliamentary proposal that is approved by majority,” Harsha said in a tweet. 

“Unknown to many, Public Finance Committee is the most powerful com in @ParliamentLK with wide powers to discharge the Constitutional provision 148 that gives P ‘full control’ of public finance. I feel I can play a bigger role here than in a government that lacks legitimacy,” added Harsha who was the State Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution and State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs under the Yahapalana regime. 

He also said in a tweet that he was being criticised by some for not taking up Cabinet responsibility. “Be realistic that the #SriLankaCrisis is a toxic combination of economics and politics. The resolution depends on both and my joining Cabinet as an ‘independent MP’ will only worsen political crisis,” he added. 

“Given the deadlock in creating an all-party government to resolve #SriLankaCrisis I offer to be Chairman of Public Finance Committee in @ParliamentLK and give leadership to prepare All Party Economic Revival Plan as a Parliamentary proposal that is approved by majority,” Harsha said in a tweet. 

“Unknown to many, Public Finance Committee is the most powerful com in @ParliamentLK with wide powers to discharge the Constitutional provision 148 that gives P ‘full control’ of public finance. I feel I can play a bigger role here than in a government that lacks legitimacy,” added Harsha who was the State Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution and State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs under the Yahapalana regime. 

He also said in a tweet that he was being criticised by some for not taking up Cabinet responsibility. “Be realistic that the #SriLankaCrisis is a toxic combination of economics and politics. The resolution depends on both and my joining Cabinet as an ‘independent MP’ will only worsen political crisis,” he added.