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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, July 27, 2017
Bond Scam: Foreign Affairs And Lotteries Minister Ravi K Must Resign Immediately: AKD
Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Chief opposition whip, Anura Kumara Dissanayake call upon Minster of Foreign Affairs and Lotteries, Ravi Karunanayake to resign from his post immediately.
Speaking to Colombo Telegraph he said according to information unearthed by the Commission to inquire into the Bond Scandal, the minister had obtained a super luxury apartment at the Monarch Residencies leased by Arjun Aloysius while they, Ravi and Arjun, both were accused of robbing billions of public funds though two bond scams.
“Most importantly Karunanayake was the Minister of Finance at that time.
This is conflict of interest, he must resign,” Dissanayake said.
The entire lease, amounting close to 9 million rupees,
was paid for by a company named Walter and Rowe in which Arjun and his
father Geoff are both Directors. It is a fully owned subsidiary of the
holding company of Perpetual Treasuries.
“This commission has no power to punish the culprits, it’s a long
process. Ravi, being a minster, will certainly affect that process.
Since he can influence the justice process, he must resign,” the JVP
leader further said.
Meanwhile despite being summoned by the Presidential Commission of
Inquiry into the Central Bank bond issue, Ex-Finance Minister Ravi
Karunanayake was too busy to attend the commission today to give
evidence.
Karunanayake’s lawyer Sandun Gamage informed the Commission that his
client will not be attending the Commission hearing due to ‘prior
commitments’.
The Commission has meanwhile re-issued the summons on Karunanayake,
ordering him to attend the hearing tomorrow and give evidence in a case
where one of the main suspects in the bond scam, Arjun Aloysius had
allegedly paid the lease for the penthouse at the super luxurious
Monarch Residences in Colombo 3 on behalf of Karunanayake and his
family.
The commission summoned the ex-Finance minister after a witness on
Monday made this revelation during the hearing. Yesterday, the
commission also ordered Aloysius to hand over all his electronic devices
including mobile phone and laptop to the CID which he used during
2016/2016 to carry out further investigations against him.