Sri Lanka: Resigned FM To Continue In Post
Colombo, April 8: Sri Lanka’s ruling party parliamentarian Ali Sabry, who was appointed the new finance minister earlier this week and submitted his resignation a day later, informed the parliament on Friday that he would continue in the portfolio.
As President Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not accept Sabry’s resignation, the parliamentarian said he would continue as the finance minister as no one else was willing to take over. “I am willing to remain as the minister of finance and do the needful in order to save the country’s economy no matter what challenges I might have to face,” Sabry said.
He was appointed as the finance minister by President Rajapaksa on Monday, a day after the cabinet of ministers resigned amid severe political instability in the nation.
Sabry tendered his resignation within 24 hours to the president, saying he accepted the portfolio only as an interim measure. Sri Lanka has seen protests calling for immediate measures to be taken by the government to solve the economic crisis, hours-long power cuts and shortages in fuel and other essential supplies.
