edit in The Sunday Island, Dec 3, 2023What has been widely described as the “historic” Supreme Court judgment which by a majority 4-1 decision of a five-judge bench held the Rajapaksa brothers, Mahinda, Gotabaya and Basil and other unelected officials including two past Governors of the Central Bank, a former Secretary to the President, a former Treasury Secretary and some members of the Central Bank Monetary Board responsible for landing the country in its current…
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by Kalani Kumarasinghe in Daily Mirror on line, Apr 27, 2023When former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, both India and the United States requested him to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP Wimal Weerawansa said. The leader of the National Freedom Front made these comments at the launch of his book titled “Nine; The Hidden Story”, which he claimed is an extensive investigative study on the inside story of the Galle Face revolution which…
report in Daily FT, Apr 24, 2023 Says mastermind of attacks can be identified by asking three simple questions**Claims it was Gotabaya Rajapaksa that got clear advantage from devastating attacks***Expresses dismay Govt. has failed to deliver justice to victims and is instead trying to create terrorists out of others by bringing in new undemocratic laws****Calls on President Wickremesinghe to deliver justice to the victims through the courts Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne yesterday…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Feb 24, 2023SBJB MP Harsha de Silva said that he had asked the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration to seek IMF assistance in 2020. “At that time a U.S dollar was selling at Rs 200. The interest rates were around six percent. Inflation was around six percent. The situation is completely different today. Our interest rates are around 35 percent and the inflation is over 50 percent. Dollar sells at Rs…
report in The Morning, Jan 12, 2023The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has expressed deep regret yesterday (11) in protest against the decision taken by the Government of Canada to impose sanctions on former State officials including former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa over alleged gross and systematic human rights violations linked to the war. Accordingly, it was mentioned on the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the subject Minister,…
by Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi in The Daily Mirror, Nov 30, 2022Just five official foreign visits undertaken by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2021 alone had cost the state more than Rs. 40 million, according to details provided by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office on a directive issued by the Right to Information Commission. Details furnished by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office under the…