Ranil Wickremesinghe Quotes

Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the 15th and current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 9 January 2015. For his fourth term as the Prime Minister of the United National Party since 1994, and a Member of Parliament for Colombo District since 1977. He is also the leader of the United National Front, having been appointed head of the alliance in October 2009.Wickremesinghe also previously served as prime minister from 7 May 1993 to 19 August 1994 and 9 December 2001 to 6 April 2004. He was appointed party leader in November 1994 following the assassination of Gamini Dissanayake during the campaign for the 1994 presidential election. On 8 January 2015, Wickremesinghe was appointed as prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena, who had defeated President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the 2015 presidential election.Wickremesinghe's coalition alliance, the United National Front for Good Governance, won the 2015 parliamentary election with 106 seats. Although it fell short of an outright majority, Wickremesinghe was re-elected as Prime Minister with over 35 Sri Lanka Freedom Party members joining his cabinet. Wickremesinghe was relieved of his duties as Prime Minister effective immediately on 26 October 2018 by President Maithripala Sirisena with the appointment of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, which Wickremesinghe has claimed unconstitutional and refused to accept, resulting in a constitutional crisis.

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Famous Ranil Wickremesinghe Quotes

“A priority for us is the creation of more jobs that will minimise poverty and provide for prosperity for all Sri Lankans. Towards this, we need to enhance our capacity to successfully compete in global markets while creating the necessary space for investments to come in.”

On reducing poverty in SL (Sri Lanka), quoted on World Finance (February 16, 2016), "Sri Lanka has reduced poverty but challenges remain" http://www.worldfinance.com/home/sri-lanka-has-reduced-poverty-but-challenges-remain

Ranil Wickremesinghe Quotes

“But the right to make the final judgment who was responsible for the deaths and on the nature of punishment should rest with the judicial system of Sri Lanka. The judicial system in Sri Lanka was in shambles earlier, but now it is returning to normal. The sovereignty of each country must be respected in such issues”

Wickremesinghe on investigating war crimes in Sri Lanka, quoted on Times of India, "Sri Lanka willing for international probe on war crimes says Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Sri-Lanka-willing-for-international-probe-on-war-crimes-says-Lankan-PM-Ranil-Wickremesinghe/articleshow/50962260.cms, February 12, 2016.
Context: It was not clear how many of them were killed by the (Lankan) army or whether the LTTE had moved the people to the war zones which led to the death of some of them. We may not have the full expertise to identify the exact factors that led to those casualties. So international participation is welcome for determining such causes. But the right to make the final judgment who was responsible for the deaths and on the nature of punishment should rest with the judicial system of Sri Lanka. The judicial system in Sri Lanka was in shambles earlier, but now it is returning to normal. The sovereignty of each country must be respected in such issues.

“We are looking at how power sharing takes place within the Constitution.”

On devolution of power to Tamils in Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, quoted on The Economic Times: India, "Looking at devolution of power to Tamils: Ranil Wickremesinghe" http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/looking-at-devolution-of-power-to-tamils-ranil-wickremesinghe/articleshow/48972882.cms, September 15, 2015.

“The Indian ocean is in need of a mutually benefiting security architecture established on a multilateral basis”

Sri Lanka was wiling to take the lead in forming a multilateral forum with UN support to ensure the maritime security of the Indian Ocean, quoted on The Economic Times: India, "Sri Lanka willing to set up forum to secure Indian Ocean: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe" http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/sri-lanka-willing-to-set-up-forum-to-secure-indian-ocean-pm-ranil-wickremesinghe/articleshow/49898118.cms, November 23, 2015.

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