NM has been a visionary, strategic and tactical leader. We lack those type of heroes these days.
@nalaka8852 жыл бұрын
What a nice person N.M. Perera was..!
@janakit97042 жыл бұрын
Our late former finance minister DR NM Perera had enormous vision about srilankan way of remedies, for a example he gave lots of incentives to toddy tappers as he recognized the pulse of each local trade , oh we really miss them Great human beings 👍🇱🇰
Dr NM, an unselfish politician. An intellectual. A leftist. Not corrupted. Loved his country. Most of all a gentleman. (A great sportsman, a handsome man) Unfortunately, hard to find people like him nowadays.
@dhanushkasudarshana39552 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Viraj & your team for this dedication. 🤗
We need desperately visionaries like Dr. N.M.Perera who truly implemented right policies for the sake of our motherland as Financa Minister... What a patriot he was!!! Thanks a lot from Dr.Jayantha Pathirana Attorney and the team
@dinalsamarasinghe37582 жыл бұрын
These are the same policies Pohottuwa implemented. And look where we are right now. We crashed. Just like N. M Perera crashed the economy in the 1970's.
@streb6 Жыл бұрын
Excellent Brilliant true factual presentation with clarity and OBJECTIVITY, no partisan political bias. ❤
@hemanthajayasundera73632 жыл бұрын
What a great summary you provided. Obviously, N.M. with two Ph.Ds. was truly an intellectual with a vision.
@mahindakelegama20152 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this video bringing nostalgia of one of the Sri lankas greatest intellectual and visionary politician Just to mention NM was ably assisted by top economists of the country one of them was Dr.Jayantha Kelegama who was as Director of Budgetary affairs of the general treasury helped NM to prepare number of progressive budgets in sixtees. One incident I remember when he accompanied NM to go China to obtain financial assistance due depletion of foreign exchange of the country what Chinese PM said to them was China was a poor country when we become rich with help you. That was China's position in sixtees.
@heterosapiens_sapiens Жыл бұрын
It is an honor to be related to such a man. My deepest respects to this economic genius and intellectual. I can only hope such people can once again help our great nation in its moment of need. But alas everyone of use has fled to the West or elsewhere..😢
@damithkulatunga35811 ай бұрын
May I ask how you are related without giving too much personal details on a public platform?
@heterosapiens_sapiens11 ай бұрын
@@damithkulatunga358 it's ok. It's not a very close relation, but still something worth mentioning in my opinion... My great grandmother's last name was Perera, and was N M Perera's first cousin. My mom says that it was her that took care of N M's parents in their old age
@damithkulatunga35811 ай бұрын
@@heterosapiens_sapiens How interesting...I too am distantly related from my grandmother's side of the family. My grand mother used to say that he was cricket fanatic and he used to do head stands to improve the flow of blood circulation to his brain. Considering the current state of the economy and the fate of sri lanka cricket, he must be turning in his grave. Thank God he didn't live to see such times. Thanks for the reply. Cheers.
@victormiguel53162 жыл бұрын
By watching and listening to the comments in the social media and other forums, I get the impression that our folks do not understand the root cause of our problem and they talk about treating the symptoms. It is absolutely essential to understand the root cause that led to SL becoming “the laggard” in the region over decades and subsequent collapse. We know that, it is the parliamentarians who set the right fiscal policies and other progressive law and order policies essential for robust continuous economic growth. Sadly, absence of good fiscal policies, independent judiciary and law and order agencies led to corruption and financial ruin we have faced now. So, it is absolutely essential we elect “capable” characters with good “moral values” (absent in the current bunch) to the legislature/parliament to pave the right way forward in the very next election. But, the current undemocratic electoral system (introduced by evil old man JRJ) where candidates have to win votes at a very large district level, gives an unfair advantage to the candidates of cashed-up major political parties and prevents decent capable independent candidates from being elected. Major political parties are infested with morally bankrupt cashed-up characters who are incapable of governing the country. I honestly can’t see capable people with decent moral values coming through any of the major political parties under the current electoral system. So, the current system where candidates have to win votes at a very large district level must be replaced with small electoral divisions where good candidates with modest funds could effectively campaign and win. This reform must be followed by the abolition of the executive presidency. Some argue for a more ceremonial presidency but that will leave room for unscrupulous parliamentarians to play games - increasing and decreasing presidential powers through amendments in the future. Hence, complete abolition of the Presidency is the most desirable. Don’t even leave a strawman as the President. During this crisis it is up to the people in the central bank to work-out the framework for debt restructuring and propose a short-term fiscal budget to satisfy IMF requirements. The IMF will release money in several small tranches, continuously monitoring the implementation of the fiscal policies by the parliament. They will not allow non-revenue generating infrastructure projects. So, this will starve the current bunch in the parliament who are used to spending borrowed money like drunken sailors. I see present situation as a once in a 100year opportunity to exert pressure on the current incumbents in the parliament to vote for a fundamental change in the current constitution: a) Abolish the Presidency altogether b) Change the electoral system. Immediately pass a bill to revert from proportional representation to the pre-JRJ electoral system (single-member electoral divisions) and call for a referendum to ratify the bill. These two changes are absolutely essential for the long-term progress of our nation. If we don’t force the current parliament to implement these vital changes right now, it will never happen and voters will have no choice but to vote for morally bankrupt candidates put forward by the major parties again and again. At least changes to the electoral system must happen now, during this term of the parliament. To achieve this, I propose a multi-pronged strategy initially focusing on changing the electoral system which is the most important in my mind (critical mass of good people in the parliament will keep even a bastard-President under check in the short-term until Presidency is faced out altogether at a point in time): a) File a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme court of Sri Lanka against the undemocratic electoral system where citizens are indirectly denied of electing capable candidates with good moral values outside major parties, citing major parties are stacked with morally bankrupt characters unsuitable to govern a nation. Demand for implementation of single-member electoral divisions so that people can elect good candidates with limited funds to the parliament. b) Do the same in the European court of Human rights. If this is not possible then write to them explaining this gross violation of electoral rights and seek intervention. Ideally, such a request must carry signatures of prominent internationally known and respected national figures. c) Write to IMF, World Bank, and parliamentarians of Advanced nations and our trading partners and seek their intervention to change the electoral system. d) Intensify public protest and civil disobedience because the outside world typically gauges our stability by watching images of rolling protests. Protestors must carry visible placards demanding electoral reforms (parliamentary bill and referendum to implement single-member electoral divisions) right now. Sadly, I haven’t seen any such demands by the protestors. Demanding 225 go home has no value at all because majority of them will return to the parliament in the very next election. As usual, they will buy votes of the starving poor folk with their stolen money and country will lose again. No other result is imaginable in the current unfair electoral system. Do not expect large investors come and rescue us as long as we have this corrupt to the very core system (legislature, judiciary, law enforcement and the lot☹). The IMF and sympathetic nations may drip feed us just to keep us alive. Please wake up folks. 🙏
@chandanaanildissanayake76032 жыл бұрын
Dr N. M . Perera Supiri leader.......... Mekale ....Horu , mola 7 Horu , maha banku Horu , Rata kaapu kaada horu .....
Today is totally different Those days only few had a land phone even.most of hadn't had electricity. Now even a kid have mobile phone Most have a vehicle or motorcycle. Today even with such difficulties we live much better life than those 70s 80s generation
Hats off to bringing to life my childhood heroes great troskyte & comrade of my father founding members of LSSP true left movement pre WW2 being used by this young man to see how unp destroyed SL opportunity for self sufficiency & rising up as a proud nation by forcing us in '77 to corrupt evil open economy with no safety net that led to this current economic calamity just like in the '70s Dr.NM set SL in the right direction until SLFP derailed it!
This is also deliberate falsification of history! The queues of the pre-1977 were NOT due to INABILITY to import but due deliberate policy of non-deficit trade and balance of payments. This strategy existed since the MEP and UNP/Dudly Senanayake regimes. This became an even more systematic strategy under the SLFP-Left regime of SirimavoB. The ration system ensured food and nutrition for all equally. It was NOT scarcity. That welfare system was foundation of Lanka's universal community health and nutrition success in the Third World. Also we achieved two successive years of trade surplus - the surest sign of economic model success. Then the UNP returned to power on the economic deceit of "open economy" and deficit economics. Then the Rajapaksas came to power on the political deveit of ethnic supremacy and with their plunder, destroyed our balance of payments. Our scarcity and queues today is real scarcity due to non availability due to lack of deficit capacity! (credit)
@10ceylon22 жыл бұрын
We don't have true innovative leaders nowadays, so sad about it
@ans1830 Жыл бұрын
Dude! Two different eras. That was 70s. This is 2023. What works in 70s won't work now. We are in a globalized economic system these days. And NM was later kicked out of FM post and government by Sirimavo.
@ir50582 жыл бұрын
We had well educated and good economists. But now people select unsuitable leaders. Never expect all for free, try to work hard and achieve goals. Thatswhy we suffer.
if the country people followed 1970 s economy system and sacrifised today sri lanka would
@g.hgunaratne9471 Жыл бұрын
have been developed than singapore.
@nandanawijayabahu56782 жыл бұрын
I'm now 60 years doing gem business 40 years. Dr.nm plan was good. But when it started most people came from there party. Af they thefted more income of gems.they build 2.3.steps houses.they work like gem valiver. Took commission from who come to sell stones. Took 5 to 10 percent. Even today you go gem corporation you can see how much difficult export gems because middle people. The do this job now 2nd or 3rd generation. Mostly musilim do this. There for most people take stones thefty. With out paying any taxes. Even gold import also same.
@kamaludugampola4931 Жыл бұрын
Megolla lankawe pohosattu duppattu kala. Itin duppattu anta duppath hinganno wuna. Wiyawasaayakayo kiyana jaatiya wandawelaama giya. Widesika karmaantakaarayo Lankaawa Ataherala giyaa sadahatama. Awasaana result eka tamai ada tiyena me henahata weduna baluma rata. Podi dewal nodannakama apita kelewwa.
@jabirshaffie2 жыл бұрын
He is done close economy, its not suitable now,China even now running open economy
@kamaludugampola4931 Жыл бұрын
Natapu Thowilekut Nehe Bereth nehe
@gaminikumara9537 Жыл бұрын
mathiniya karapu vidiyata ratagenichchanam adha dollar ekata gewanne rupiyal 06. i