The European Union Ambassador for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Carmen Moreno, met with micro, small, and medium-scale businessmen at the office of the Leader of the Opposition today (Feb 16).
During the meeting, facilitated by opposition leader MP Sajith Premadasa, the ambassador learned about the various challenges faced by small- and medium-sized businessmen and entrepreneurs in this country.
On this occasion, the micro, small, and medium businessmen also provided a detailed explanation to the ambassador about how their businesses collapsed due to the Easter attack, the Covid epidemic, and the country’s bankruptcy. They highlighted the distressing situation of their businesses being auctioned off through the parate law.
MP Sajith Premadasa presented government statistics to the EU Ambassador for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, detailing the number of micro, small, and medium-sized businesses in Sri Lanka that had closed due to these crisis scenarios.
The opposition leader further emphasized the need to defend these businessmen, who account for 52% of employment and more than 50% of the nation’s GDP.
A group of representatives of micro, small, and medium businessmen and entrepreneurs, along with Member of Parliament Niroshan Perera, also joined the occasion. (NewsWire)
