What we said becomes true! Basil summons Mervyn before Bribery Commission

 

 Thursday, 29 August 2013 

In an attempt to show UN human rights chief Navaneethan Pillai that rule of the law is existent in Sri Lanka, the Rajapaksa brothers have begun yet another political witchhunt, and as their first victim, action has been taken to summon minister Mervyn Silva before the Bribery Commission.

We recently revealed that investigations were underway against six ministers on charges of bribery and corruption. Confirming our report,

minister Mervyn Silva has reportedly been ordered by the Bribery Commission to appear before it on Friday the August 30th.
When contacted, a senior official of the Bribery Commission confirmed that.

Minister Mervyn Silva has been told to describe how he had earned all his wealth.

Meanwhile, Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s Media Secretary Dharman Wickremaratne has personally asked heads of media institutions to give extensive coverage to this incident. Although Mr. Mervyn Silva is considered to be a close henchman of his, the president has been angered by a report about him given by minister Basil Rajapaksa.

In his report, Mr. Basil Rajapkasa has accused Minister Mervyn Silva of placing the government into inconvenience during the Rathupaswala murders incident by providing material assistance to the protestors, threatening the heads of the factory, owned by casino businessman Dhammika Perera, that was behind the issue and telling them to stop work there, thereafter telling the media in front of the protestors that he would expose the politicians behind the incident, indirectly saying that the politician behind it is Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, and meeting Ven. Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera some nights ago and plotting against the government.

Further, Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva had quarreled with a friend of Mr. Namal Rajapaksa and Malaka Silva was assaulted, leading to the Rajapaksas distancing themselves further from Mervyn Silva. Minister Basil Rajapaksa has told the president that Mervyn Silva had said that Malaka had been assaulted at the behest of Namal and Yoshitha Rajapaksa.

Mervyn Silva has also claimed an attempt by the Rajapaksa sons to murder Malaka, the report says.

Meanwhile, an order to the Bribery Commission to investigate Minister Janaka Tennakoon is on hold since he is presently in Singapore to obtain treatment for a heart ailment. The president has deployed a separate team to gather evidence on how the minister’s son Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon is extorting traders at the Dambulla Economic Centre in order to fund his campaign for the provincial council polls.

Also, an order has been given to investigate a secret agreement reached by Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne with a Chinese company, claiming a big loss to Sri Lanka as a result of the agreement. State intelligence has informed the Defence Secretary that a team of officials of Minister Senaratne is in China with the aim of amending one such agreement in order to avoid losses. After being informed of this, the president has told officials to immediately investigate it.

Another investigation targets Minister John Seneviratne. As we exposed earlier, the president, from Belarus, has inquired from the Defence Secretary about the progress into the investigations with regard to ministers Champika Ranawaka and Wimal Weerawansa.