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Texte wiki de la nouvelle page, après la modification (new_wikitext) | 'Motorists queue to [https://goldsvet.su/ buy used casino tables] scarce petrol in Colombo earlier this month as Sri Lanka grapples with shortages of essential goods<br> <br>Sri Lankan casino magnate Dhammika Perera entered parliament on Wednesday with a mandate to revive the bankrupt island nation's wrecked economy -- working alongside a premier who once accused him of corruption.<br> <br>The 54-year-old Perera is a long-time loyalist of the powerful Rajapaksa clan, whom protesters have accused of mismanaging the country into its current predicament.<br> <br>He replaces President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's youngest brother, Basil, who resigned from parliament this month after stepping down as finance minister in April.<br> <br>"He was nominated by the president and will shortly take over the investment promotion portfolio and enter the cabinet," a ruling party official told AFP.<br> <br>Perera will serve in a unity government formed to tackle the crisis alongside Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who in 2015 accused the casino boss of being a "demon who protected the corrupt regime of Rajapaksas".<br> <br>Wickremesinghe has also described Perera as one of four most corrupt businessmen in the country.<br> <br>Both men shook hands on Wednesday soon after Perera was sworn into parliament before the chamber's speaker.<br> <br>Perera -- who also has interests in banking, hotels, manufacturing, logistics and exports -- takes office at a time when Sri Lanka is suffering through months-long shortages of food, fuel and other essential goods.<br> <br>Long queues form outside gas stations each day for scarce petrol supplies, while regular blackouts and runaway inflation have made life difficult for the island nation's 22 million people.<br> <br>The government has defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt and is seeking an International Monetary Fund bailout.<br> <br>Perera has claimed to have devised a plan to raise Sri Lanka's per capita income more than threefold to $12,000 -- a figure higher than China's.<br> <br>He has also pledged to address Sri Lanka's critical foreign currency shortage by selling 10-year visas to foreigners willing to deposit at least $100,000 in local bank accounts -- a scheme already in place since April.<br>' |
