Ahead of visit by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Sri Lanka this week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured to fully implement the India-brokered 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/ahead-of-jaishankars-visit-sl-prez-assures-to-fully-implement-13a/

As President Wickremesinghe expressed his sincere appreciation for the unwavering assistance provided by China during this critical period, it highlights China’s dedication to fostering closer ties with Sri Lanka on various fronts, the statement said.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/china-assures-sri-lanka-of-steadfast-support-on-its-road-to-economic-recover/3108913/

Delegation level talks led by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe during the latter’s visit to New Delhi, India, July 20-21, 2023.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/india-sri-lanka-vision-document-old-wine-new-bottle/

India will continue collaborating with Sri Lanka on debt treatment while the island nation attempts to emerge out of last year’s grave economic crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/morning-digest-november-4-2023/article67495287.ece

Mr. Abeysekera was hounded out of a job and is still being persecuted to the deafening silence of then opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe under whose government the investigations had progressed.

Source: https://groundviews.org/2023/01/11/rajapaksa-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roost/

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured that Sri Lanka would be able to complete the ongoing debt restructuring programme by September and bring the economy to a stable level.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/sl-president-assures-to-complete-debt-restructuring-and-come-out-of-bankruptcy-by-sept/

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed forming a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” but the recommendations of all previous domestic commissions have been ignored.

Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/16/still-no-justice-sri-lanka-war-anniversary

Rajapaksa was replaced by incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/sl-seeks-valuable-artefacts-that-went-missing-during-last-years-anti-govt-protest-2636453/

She presented credentials to H.E. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka on 02 February 2023 at 3.00 p.m. at the President’s House in Kandy.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/appointment-of-high-commissioner-of-the-united-republic-of-tanzania-to-sri-lanka/

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the All-Party Leaders Conference on Reconciliation on January 27 that the Cabinet was agreeable to fully implementing the 13th amendment to the constitution.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/sri-lankan-president-pledges-full-implementation-of-13th-amendment/

That seemed to work well at the beginning with the unusual spectacle of the SLPP which had lost some of its MPs to the opposition, hailing Wickremesinghe as a new messiah whereas they had abused him before.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/sri-lanka-double-trouble/

These developments strongly suggest that President Wickremesinghe is trying to consolidate all the power he has and all the power he can get.

Source: https://groundviews.org/2023/02/26/the-presidents-month-of-reckoning/

Wickremesinghe also announced that the new Anti- Terrorism Bill(ATB) would be presented to parliament at the same time.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/how-the-sri-lankan-working-class-must-fight-imf-austerity-and-defend-democratic-rights/

Wickremesinghe, who is also the finance minister, said: “These reforms will lead to decreased cost of living, improved standards of living, relief for the poor and a culture of transparency”.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/sri-lanka-economy-shows-tentative-signs-of-improvement-imf/3111354/