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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, July 6, 2017
‘No issue for UNP if Rajapaksas came to power again’ – President
“Prime
minister Ranil Wickremesinghe or top members of the UNP will face no
issue at all if the Rajapaksas came to power again”, an agitated
president Maithripala Sirisena told the PM to his face at yesterday’s
(04) cabinet meeting. But, the PM remained impassive as usual.
Noting that he had taken a big risk by contesting the presidential
election, the president said had he lost, the Rajapaksas had planned to
imprison his son and son-in-law and kill him. His remarks came when the
cabinet discussed if the Anti-Corruption Secretariat should continue
after having completed its tenure on June 30. When the president asked
as to who would account for the secretariat, the PM said he had nothing
to do with that.
Angered by his answer, the president said firmly, “the Attorney
General’s Department is under you, police is under you, FCID is under
you, CID is under you. But, none of the big thieves had been caught for
the past one and a half years. Instead, cases have been filed against
minions like provincial councilors and Pradeshiya Sabha members who
support me. I know the politicians who speak to the FCID and the CID and
influence them. They don’t know that all those calls get recorded. If
you say no, I will get them to say so to your face. If you cannot do
this, at least give me those institutions to me for three months. I will
show what I can do.”
Backing the president, Champika Ranawaka and Rajitha Senaratne said he
was telling the complete truth. They alleged the AG’s Department was
protecting the Rajapaksas. To that, justice minister Wijedasa Rajapakshe
said he was helpless, as he would not interfere with it since the AG is
appointed by the Constitutional Council. Sarath Fonseka said, “We
cannot do this by keeping this justice minister. He does not know which
side he is in. the biggest hurdle to ensure justice in the country is
the justice minister.”
However, the cabinet failed to decide on the future of the
Anti-Corruption Secretariat. After a heated meeting, Rajitha Senaratne
took the president and the PM upstairs and settled the matter. Both
leaders agreed to his remark that if things went the way as they were
now, all would be ruined, and asked what their choice would be.
Accordingly, they decided to initiate court action with regard to 10 of
the major charges within the next fortnight.