Is the Prime Minister's brother Channi looking to make a quick buck? 

Oct 28, 2015

Channi Wickramasinghe the Prime Minister's younger brother is not a patch on his seniors.

His businesses were once about to be taken over by creditors for bad management, fortunately Minister Daya Gamege bailed him out.

His association with the notorious Abeya, Alias taxi Abe was a embarrassment for the Wickramasinghe family. Channi was keen to get into the administration but common sense prevailed and he was left out on the advise of a UNP leader, saying he would become a liability .

Instead he is now looking to front government contracts by selling the PMs name. Mr Wickremesinghe must realize the Prime Minister is part of a team and the Head is not the Prime Minister, but the President .

He has attempted to put pressure on two state banks according to reliable sources to fund his projects which were politely turned down and conveyed to the President. He is seen often in hotels with wheeler dealers like Noel Selvanayegem and Sumal Perera talking business.

Noel Sevanayagem of Senok fame discredited the Prime Minister by misusing funds given for a Hospital in Galle by a NGO in Germany introduced by the Prime Minister.

The building was never completed. Wickramasinge should go and see for himself. Mr Selvanayagem abandoned the Prime Minister and did business with the former regime and even traveled with the former president all over the world.

Party sources say Channi Wickramasinge is selling the Prime Minister's name to strike a big deal and that can surely discredit the the Prime Minister and the Government. Mr Wickremesinghe must know the UNP is not owned by the Wickremesinghes, but by the millions of members all the round the country.

Good Governance Group