President reminds people of ‘dark era’ under MR
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday questioned the nation on whether they wished to go back to the dark era by voting in favour of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Pohottuwa of Prof.G.L. Peiris.
The President made these remarks at a television interview he had with the Sirasa channel yesterday. The President pointed out instances where the media was suppressed, journalists killed, abducted and media institutions set on fire, during the Rajapaksa regime.
Besides, billions of public wealth was looted and state properties sold including the six acre land on which the Army Headquarters was situated and the many acres of Port City project.
The President questioned whether people were ready to go back to the dark era once again by voting for the SLPP.
The President said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) should be strengthened at the forthcoming election so as to ensure a free and just society.
President Sirisena said Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated on three occasions by the people of the country but again he begs votes through the SLPP.
“However, he is not a member of the SLPP. He should have a backbone to quit the SLFP, if he really wanted to back up any other political party,” he said. The President admitted that there is a delay in taking action against fraud and corruption. But in future he will take measures to get the legal process against these frauds speeded up.
The President added that as an outcome of fruitful steps taken against the monetary misconducts, especially establishing the Presidential Commission on Treasury Bond Issue, unruly persons responsible for mega scale financial irregularities have created a broad alliance to fight corruption in the face of an emerging “alliance” that seeks to scuttle probes into acts of corruption. However the President stressed that the Government is determined to go ahead with the probes and punish those responsible with immediate effect aiming to establish a healthy and a just society.
The President said that the public are against the arbitrary acts of the Government Medical Officer’s Association (GMOA).
“Everyone is duty bound to work for the progress of the country. Not only politicians but also all other persons are responsible to work for the betterment of the country,” he noted.
(Source: Daily News – By Dharma Sri Abeyratne)
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Yeah, Yeah.
What he says is that he was a dumb-ass prominent member of the previous regime who did not care a dime while the alleged acts were being perpetrated.
The ‘pohottuwa’ is drawing massive crowds at election rallies and this had irked many in the wrong place.
sirisena is a meand still an hypocrite. he claims that he served the people over the past twenty years or more. sirisena has nothing for polonnaruwa and still femains in the dark ages run by a mafia probably led by his brothers terrorised gal sira, weli sira and haal sira. it can be a haven for tourism but it is a haven for and the millions generated by paddy, sand and rocks are unaccounted for and nothing go through either by banks or the tax department.
Sirirsena is a profound liar as is he is fighting hard to provide a leadership to something that he is not sure of what. people assciated with the party knows him for what he is. Perhaps mangala samarawfeelseers or SBD feels that sirisena is nothing more than a bum in the political circus.
It is ironic that the REPORT was originally published in english or was ikt published in sinhala and the transcribed in demala and english. mots likely it must have been in englysh considering he is native demala and sought the option of examined in english most likely half baked english and transcribing it to sinhala would have caused a lot of problesm to the advantage to all involved in the bond scam
Central Bak is veritable den of rougues. IF they are honorable then mahaendran could not have engineered the scam without their support. The employees rogues for they failed to nake any delcarations o the public not out of morality but a means to suvive. Those familiar with the system are concious of the system knows that corruption takes place at the grass root level starting with the cleaners.
this whole idea of appointing of tamils to head the CD is absurd cabraal, mahendran and coomraswmy! theier loyalty is to who have them the job. their is nothing spectacular about ther intellect and their track record on paper is bankrupt.