A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, January 17, 2018
President walks out of the Cabinet meeting
2018-01-16
A
deeply dejected and disappointed President Maithripala Sirisena stormed
out of the Cabinet meeting this morning after making an emotional
speech over the personal attacks levelled at him by the certain members
of the UNP, a senior Cabinet Minister said.
President naming those UNP Parliamentarians, who are making statements
against him, had also said that a country cannot be ruled in this
manner.
He has informed the Ministers present that the Presidential Commission
was established by him not to attack the UNP, but to punish the thieves
and requested the Ministers to state whether they agree to punishing the
thieves or not.
The President who arrived for the Cabinet meeting carried with him a
Tape Recorder, and showing it to those present he had said” Some may
like to listen to my speech and some may not. But I will make this
speech and those who wants to listen to it can do so later”.
President thereafter had spoken for about 35 minutes continuously and had the speech recorded.
“ I left the former government showing my opposition to fraud and
corruption, and formed a new government. Is it to continue the same
frauds and corruption I ask you. It is true that UNP supporters voted
for me, and I owe my gratitude to them. Are the UNP members attacking me
to frighten me? Or to chase me out? I do not know whether they are
doing these things with a purpose or others leading them to do such
things. I walked out that day ignoring the risks I would have to face.
Therefore this type of criticisms are not something new to me. Some UNP
members are going round saying that the Bond Commission was appointed in
order to attack the UNP. I appointed the Bond Commission in order to
probe the Bond scam. I have no personal issues with any one. (Sandun A Jayasekera and Ajantha Kumara Agalakada)