Munneswaran battle: A drama staged by the President and Mervyn

Saturday, 01 September 2012

The recent incidents related to the animal sacrifices that were to be carried out at the Kali kovil initiated by Minister Mervyn Silva were part of a media circus launched by the President and Mervyn, it is learnt.

The media circus was initiated following advice from the Presidential advisors to divert the attention from the public dissention growing against the government.

The President had asked Mervyn to take charge of the protests against the animal sacrifices in Munneswaran soon after hearing from the intelligence units that the JHU was planning a massive protest with the participation of the maha sangha against the animal sacrifices.

It is on a Presidential directive that Mervyn had called a media briefing where said that he would sacrifice himself if the animal sacrifices were to go ahead in Munneswaran. The Presidential Media Unit had asked many media institutions to give wide publicity to the story.

After instigating Mervyn to act in this manner, the President directed the IGP to get an enjoining order from courts against the protest. It is one of Mervyn’s supporters who have worked at getting the consent of the chief priest of Munneswaran.

After reaching a consensus, Mervyn had asked the President to make a request to stop the animal sacrifice saying the chief priest of the kovil would agree.

Therefore, the chief priest’s statement is given wide publicity according to the plan.

Mervyn had not attended last week’s Cabinet meeting and had taken the relevant people to meet the President to advice them on how to proceed with the plan.

It is then that the President had made the request from the chief priest of the kovil to not hold the animal sacrifices when the sacred Kapilavasthu relics have been brought down to the country.

However, as previously agreed, the chief priest of the Munneswarn kovil announced that the animal sacrifices would not be held making President Rajapaksa the Sinhala Buddhits leader of the people.