on the 13th of july, i ran, rick ramirez, me is a member of parliament. it's for lanka, and previously served to state minister of finance. he said to wear no talk short term solutions for the country's problems. what this has shown is the demand, the change, the change is on its way, and therefore the new or so few things need to be done. the media prices since they can amik price that people don't have gas and short agents like that. so we would need the help of all friendly country than neighbors in assisting with that. and then we also need to box with the national my 3 funds coming to a stop level agreement with the week and then going for the necessary refunds. and that process has begun and that process can be taken over to the i'm the previously we had to program, even my level finance and sometime in the country. so clearly i think the change was needed. i missed and everybody needs the government except the majority of the people in the country. and i think that's established simply, they're supposed to says we continue the challenges because we

rick ramirez, seeing his presidential bid, they see him as one of the faces of sal anker's worth economic crisis and decades. the next president will finish the term of go to buy a roger pack, so who fled to sing a pool last week. when al fernandez says more from colombo, the kind of protest you're seeing behind me is the increasing sort of voices was about ronald vicar missing his candidacy. and there's a lot of opposition to that in parliament today. we saw that form a process where nominations were handed over to the secretary general of parliament . now there were 4 that were named and expected, but just before the nominations were handed over, we heard that the opposition leader was withdrawing from the rest. the reason he said was that he and his party, the s g b, had decided to support the candidacy of dallas, alabama. alabama is basically a fairly senior politician, part of the sort of parent party that then evolved into the roger box that kind of faction lead s l p. p. a dallas? i'm sort of was sideline due to the time of the roger buck says he's, he's not obviously as the cat is

on the 13th of july, aaron, rick ramirez, there is a member of parliament and sri lanka and previously served a state minister finance. he starts the process of change is just beginning a few things made to be done, the media prices since they cannot be priced. that. busy people don't have gas shortage is like that. so we would need the help of all friendly country then neighbors in assisting with that. and then we also need to embark with the international monetary fund coming to a stop level agreement with the week. and then going for the necessary reforms and that process has begun and that that process can be taken to the i am in the country then particular government. we've been, i'm it previously we had a program, even my finance and i'm in the country. so clearly i think the change needed i missed and everybody in the government except the majority of the people in the country. and i think that's established. certainly those suppose that those will continue the challenges because we need to get the picture cues in the need that provides for that need, bridging finance. and then

okay, will it speak to aaron, rick ramirez. ne, he's a member of parliament of sir lanka and the former state minister of finance. he joins us from the capital colombo, welcome to the news hour. i've mentioned there, of course, for those friendly countries that have offered financial help. but what do we do to deal with? the immediate challenge facing millions of sri lankan are rampant inflation and soaring o casa across the board. thank you. yes. so the media challenges that are running into the people on the street trying to get to get shop is being shot ages and then pharmaceuticals for then for the license, if you are funded by you need about roughly about $400000000.00 a month for about another $100000000.00 on gas promises because it's so expensive. so maybe supplies and also fairly countries actually say that in the media on the streets, in colombo, they can issue as much as you have already said. busy discussion the dynamic, i think that the new government is in place next week. i would expect to sign an agreement, a stock level agreement with the i mean, within weeks that would