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President Ranil Wickremesinghe Meets with Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Monday, 26 August 2024 - 9:16 am

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Presidential candidate in the upcoming Presidential Election, recently met with the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Bishop of Kurunegala, Most Rev. Dr. Harold Anthony Perera along with the Secretary General and Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Most Reverend Don Anthony Jayakody.

During the discussion, they addressed key issues, including education reforms, the progress of the Easter Sunday investigation, environmental conce s and matters related to the Catholic Church.

President Wickremesinghe also provided an update on the current state of the economy and outlined the gove ment’s upcoming measures to tackle challenges related to the cost of living.

The meeting was also attended by several other members of the Sri Lanka Bishops’ Conference.



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