Gota not a VIP anymore – Ravi
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa cannot be given equal treatment during CID interrogation because he is now an ordinary citizen and not a VIP anymore.
Therefore, he was nonplussed to see the CID visiting Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s residence to question him, the minister said.
Minister Karunanayake was commenting on the CID’s visit to former Defence Secretary’s residence to question him on the issuing of arms and ammunition used by Security Forces to several private institutions to maintain private armouries.
He said the law will be applied to all equally under the present government and no one can receive special treatment.
Karunanayake said Rajapaksa had still failed to respond to the challenge issued by him [Karunanayake] to the former Defence Secretary to declare his statement of assets and liabilities.
(Daily News)
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The higher they jump the harder they fall. This goes for Ravi as well.
Have you come to that seat to stay for ever? Why do you interfere with police or CID decisions? Is it under your ministry? Aren’t these institutes supposed to be independent under your government?
While mahinda kept judicial inbetween n top of his thighs n gota kept police inside his greecy inner ; why can’t Ravi?
It is because, they asked to be given power not to do bad things the previous lot did.