Prof. Anil Jayantha
Minister Jayantha: “Too much interest” in the cost of debt restructure delay
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With regard to sovereign bonds, due to just the significant delay in the restructuring process, we will have to pay an additional USD 1.7 billion as outstanding interest…What I would like to highlight is that we had to pay an unnecessary amount as interest due to these negotiations.
Parliament | December 5, 2024
Posted on: 10 February, 2025
Partly True
Prof. Jayantha explains govt. borrowing
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[…] the Central Bank has issued treasury bills of LKR 465.1 billion during the period between September 27 and October 15, […] LKR 400 billion out of the total of LKR 465.1 billion has been utilised for debt servicing.
Daily Mirror | October 17, 2024
Posted on: 1 November, 2024
True