The assassination of the internationally respected Foreign Minister Mr.Lakshman Kadirgamar, legal challenge to the P-TOMS agreement between the GoSL and the LTTE, and the arguments and counter arguments over the date of holding the Presidential election preoccupied the politico economic milieu in the quarter under review (third quarter 2005). Eventually, the P-TOMS became a non-starter because there was no real commitment from the GoSL or the LTTE as it was essentially a donor-driven piece of paper.
Quarterly Economic Reports
