
Wednesday, 03 June 2015
Kiran Atapattu, who was appointed the Lak Sathosa chairman by president
Maithripala Sirisena under the ‘Yaha Paalana’ government, is a mental
patient suffering from a funny sort of mental illness, reports say.
Mental patients should receive mercy from public, but, Kiran’s mental
illness is of a very dangerous sort. Previously, Akuressa Pradeshiya
Sabha chairman Saruwa Sunil was known to be suffering from this very
same mental illness. Both are having an illness of craving to rape as
many virgins as possible before passing on.
According to figures given by them, each of them have accounted for more
than 100 virgins separately. The Lak Sathosa chairman says publicly
that he will retire once his figure reaches 250. Good looking girls
working in the institution have to make great efforts to stay away from
him, say other employees.
Under Kiran’s administration, Lak Sathosa is facing ruin. Suppliers have
suspended supplies due to non-payment for previous supplies. At most
Lak Sathosa outlets, racks are empty, even the essential commodities.
Suppliers say that the chairman now has to fill the racks with his
two-legged items.
When complaints were made to the internal trade minister, he has said,
“I can’t do anything. Kiran Atapattu is the president’s man.” Several
suppliers have sent messages to the president, but no favourable
response has been received yet.
After coming to know that complaints have been made even to the
president against him, Kiran has told top officials of Lak Sathosa, “I
cannot be expelled by carrying tales to the president. Both of us are
good friends. On the night of the presidential election, the president
hid in my Dodamgaslanda estate. When he was in the health ministry, I
was the chairman of Triposha company. No one can carry tales and end our
friendship.”
The president and Kiran may have such a friendship, but Lak Sathosa is
today faced with a severe financial crisis, as the treasury has refused
to grant a financial allocation requested by the institution. By now,
Lak Sathosa’s outstanding payments to suppliers alone stand at one
billion rupees. As a way out, Lak Sathosa branches at 200 key places in
the country are most likely to be sold to the Food City chain, a
spokesman for the internal trade ministry told us.