JVP to expose names soon!
Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday, the JVP would at the opportune moment reveal detailed information of journalists who accepted financial kickbacks from Avant Garde in return for soft-pedalling negative publicity relating to the controversy that has been dogging the company for years.
The JVP leader said in Parliament when speaking on the third reading of the Budget proposals that the party would vote against the proposals. It was at this juncture that Dissanayake announced his bombshell about exposing “a few journalists who wrote articles praising Avant Garde irrespective of the fact that there were indications of something wrong when the Government handed over the Avant Garde matter to the Sri Lanka Navy.
That proves there was something wrong with the deals at Avant Garde in the first place” he said.
“There are media organizations and others who shout about fraud and corruption and then defend and protect Avant Garde. This involves not only corruption but also politics. Questions have arisen about the income earned by Avant Garde after its businesses were handed over to the Navy.
I stand by what I said and submitted documentary evidence of Avant Garde getting Rs 35 billion by way of income over a period of two years.
He added that the JVP stood against a culture in which the media is controlled by Avant Garde. In such a situation the people have the right to know who is involved in these things” he added.
(Source: Ceylon Today – By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody)
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I think it is quite a few months since your last such statement to the media. Now the first Avant Garde investigation has come to nothing and the second is on. Why soon, Not now while the investigation is on? are the names are as long as the length and the breadth of the island Sri Lanka ans take months to write or type?
same old song that these guys are playing, they will never do it this is just trying to get popular .
Avant garde operated with the blessings of the armed services for the flotilla carried weapons that belonged to the army and navy probably on loan. The army was aware of what was going and most likely the top brass was aware of the dealings. The chairman was only a paper tiger the politicians nor the journalist have not the capacity to Avant Garde dealings. The ministry of defence ought to have an inventory of the weapons released to the floating armoury and who was responsible for chartering ships to make up the flotilla.
This appears to be a “tall poppy” syndrome.
The Rajapaksa regime created this business venture to provide opportunities to our brave soldiers in providing maritime security services.
The business grew from an initial Treasury investment of LKR 40,000 to produce an annual turnover of over LKR 35 billion.
Our Ranaviru who successfully completed the war against the World’s most vicious terrorist groups are only required by the forces to ensure post war security.
Avant Garde was a means providing opportunities to the excess Ranaviru to fight pirates and mercenaries threatening the global sea ways.
The Yahapalanaya appears to be bent on destroying this wonderful opportunity.
sorry ada nemei heta