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 Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Aug 19, 2023Top Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) spokesperson Mujibur Rahman yesterday (18) alleged that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government was continuing with controversial projects launched by the previous Gatabaya Rajapaksa administration. The former SJB lawmaker said so, referring to the high profile ‘investment of South Asia Logistic Centres in the port of Colombo’, a project initiated during Rohitha Abeygunawardena’s tenure as the Ports and Shipping Minister. Rahman said that they would…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, July 21, 2023Claiming that President Ranil Wickremesinghe is enjoying power based on the mandate given by the people to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) stated that the former has no moral right to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which was not implemented by all his predecessors from J.R. Jayewardene to Rajapaksa. During a meeting with Parliamentarians representing the Tamil community…
Kurunegala politicsBy Maneshka Borham in Daily FT, 21 March 2023Freedom People’s Congress member MP Dr. Charitha Herath has accused former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of leading the efforts of destroying the great tradition of respectable politics in the Kurunegala district. Attending a rally in the Polgahawela electorate yesterday, Herath said leaders that moved to Kurunegala from Hambantota have helped bring down the levels of its politics to criminality, thuggery and hooliganism. Addressing those gathered, Herath…
report in Daily Mirror online, 26 Dec 2022 at 03:27 pmFormer President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and four of his family members left for the United States this morning, airport sources said. They said the former president’s spouse Ioma Rajapaksa, daughter-in-law Sevvandi Rajapaksa, his son Manoj Rajapaksa and grandchild were among those who left for the USA at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.https://www.dailymirror.lk/top_story/GR-and-wife-leave-for-USA/155-251054
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…