Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
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Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Dear Sir/Madam,
Exercising citizens’ rights under Section 3 (1) of the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016
Re: National economic/monetary stability and good governance related public interest Information in relation to external debt settlements following the recently concluded external bi-lateral debt restructuring
I wish to exercise my rights to access information from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (being a duly created Independent Public Authority and in my status as a citizen of Sri Lanka), in terms of section 3 (1) of the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016, which reads as “Subject to the provisions of section 5 of this Act, every citizen shall have a right of access to information which is in the possession, custody or control of a public authority”.
In terms of the aforesaid statutory entitlement, I wish to be provided with the undernoted information and clarifications, which are lawfully sought by me connected with the due public interest assessment of national economic/monetary stability and good governance-related public interest information in respect of the bi-lateral external debt settlements, following the recently concluded debt restructure:
1. A descriptive note setting out the revised terms of the agreed future external bi-lateral debt settlements to the following countries post the recent external debt restructure:
2. Revised schedule of interest and other finance charges payable annually on the restructured external bi-lateral debt to the following countries over the next 10 years commencing from 2025
3. Revised schedule of capital repayment debt instalments payable annually on the restructured bi-lateral external debt to the following countries over the next 10 years commencing from 2028
4. Net Present Value gain from the entire external bi-lateral debt restructure as at 2025 where future cash flows are discounted at the current 10-year US Treasury bond yield rate
Looking forward to your earliest response.
Yours Sincerely,
Chandra Jayaratne
cc. Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka – Designated Officer Central Bank of Sri Lanka
