Maithripala does not scold Editors in filth like Mahinda did – Rajitha
Unlike former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the current President Maithripala Sirisena never threatened editors, says Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne.
He told a news conference in Colombo on Friday that Mahinda used to threaten editors not to publish news that exposed wrongs done by him and his family and if they dared ignore his orders, they used to get blasted in raw filth.
“No such thing happens now. President Srisena never abuses his power nor does he call journalists and tell them how they should do their job.”
The minister pointed out that Sri Lanka had moved up the Press Freedom Index from 165th to 141st place due to the Sirisena – Wickremesinghe government re-establishing good governance and the rule of law and freeing journalists from the clutches of the dreaded white van syndrome.
The President said recently that he was surprised at some journalists having so quickly forgotten how their colleagues had been harassed, humiliated, attacked and in some instances killed during the rule of the Rajapaksa regime. Querying if they liked to be kicked around, Srisena observed that he could not comprehend such thinking.
(Source: The Island – By Zacki Jabbar)
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Here we go again. Mr is not in power now so why bring him up. Are these jokers afraid of MR?. Is that why they keep bringing up MR’s name again and again.
This is now becoming a joke. Like kids making comments like this one scolded that one. Grow up guys and do what you have been appointed. Work for the people and forget what MR did and did not do.
These jokers are assisting the existence and growth of Mahinda Rajapaksa for their own political gain.
The UNP will never allow any of the MR clan be brought to justice because they would like have a divided SLFP for their own existence.
Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremasinghe are the best of friends and one day, in future, they will openly execute the political assassination of Maithripala Sirisena.
Mahinda is gone now. Why you talk about him and what he did and what he didn’t do now. Don’t you have anything better to do. This is the politics of the gutter. Anyway you have about 4 more years to criticize the former regime as you have nothing better to do. Carry on minister.