Keheliya sacrifices his daughter’s honor to safeguard portfolio

Friday, 13 January 2012 

Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has decided to keep silent about the sexual abuse suffered by his daughter, Chandula, who is working at the Sri Lankan embassy in New York by the Deputy Permanent Representative for Sri Lanka to the UN, Major General Shavendra Silva.

Minister Keheliya has decided to adopt a silent policy following pressure from the President.

Keheliya had had lamented about the incident to the President two days earlier. The President has stroked the Minister’s head and had asked him to first of the country before giving way to emotions.

The President has explained that if the matter is allowed to get out of hand, it would be used by the LTTE Diaspora not only against Shavendra but also against the country.

However, the President has said that he would take charge of the futures of the Minister and his daughter and that he would take appropriate action against Shavendra once the is forgotten after a while.