Srilanka, Feb. 19 -- Two days ago President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had the somewhat daunting task of presenting his government's first budget. AKD as the incumbent president, was voted into power by a population sick and tired of the corrupt rulers who promised much, but delivered only excuses for broken promises.

Sadly, up to this moment of time Dissanayake and his Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Ministers et al have not been able to live up to the expectations of the masses. They gave him a two-thirds majority in Parliament, to help fulfil the NPP/JVP election promises.

During the run-up to the election the President and his NPP/JVP partners played to the gallery and promised to renegotiate the IMF agreement to relieve the poorer se...