President loses his cool
President Maithripala Sirisena said, the late Ven. Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera never intended to choose a common candidate, for the Presidential Election, with the aim of stealing from the Central Bank.
The President was speaking at a discussion held to mark the 76th birth anniversary of the late monk, at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute yesterday (30).
He added that whilst there were some who questioned his Chairmanship of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), due to the presence of SLFP Ministers the country was safeguarded from many dangers. He also added that he was prepared to debate this with anyone, even on television.
The President said that the Presidential Election will take place towards the end of next year and claimed that speaking of it now would only destabilize the country.
Sirisena further noted that he was prepared to answer to anyone who claimed that the country has deteriorated during the past few years.
He also added that he was not the one who had provided the previous President with a helicopter to go to Tangalle after he won the last Presidential Election and the latter lost it. He added that the order had been given by a person in the Air Force who had claimed that the order came from Sirisena. Furthermore, the President said that he did not know who made the 100-day programme, and that its biggest mistake was that it did not state that the Parliament would be dissolved the day after the Election.
Adding that whilst there were those who claimed that even a puppet would have won if they were put forward as the common candidate at the last Presidential Poll, Sirisena said that he was chosen as the common candidate because there was no one else suitable for that position.
(Source: Ceylon Today – By Denagama Dammika Ranaweera)
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The contents of this report are blatant lies.
Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the elections conducted on 08 Jan 2015′ the election results became apparent around 2AM on Jan 08 2015
The incoming President elect was sworn in around 6.00PM on 09 Jan 2015. Mahinda Rajapaksa, despite having lost the elections, was the President until the incoming President was sworn in.
The helicopter journey to Tangalle was undertaken around 11.00AM on 09 Jan 2015 while Mahinda Rajapaksa was still the President.
Likewise, the canard of so-called Bond Scam is being used for political purposes. The intelligent world knows that the so-called Bond Scam and so-called losses caused cannot be assessed or proven.
Under leadership of the Lilly White in the big chair, SL has been driven to worst form of gutter politics since 1948. Shame on you, Lilly White. We, the citizens, do not deserve you.
Such statement by the leader of the nation is not worth a penny. If anyone explains as such it proves that, he no longer has any authority or leadership.
SL has almost 90% literacy and majority are educated, trust they will analyze this speech and make sure that the country will move to a new leader soon.
More waiting will damage more.
Hey Douglas,
Don’t loose you cool, man.
The Sinhala Buddhist society has been unable to produce proper, level-headed and statesman-like leaders since 1948.
This is why our late leader Mr VP decided to take arms against you guys.
Hello Thuleepan,
You always level you allegations on Sinhala Buddhist.
Could Tamil society produce good leaders since 1948 ?
the President has destroyed our with his statement on climate change and his addiction to solar power which can be established has the biggest fraud in our country’s history and his avoidance of coal fueled BOT projects for 3 years has caused a loss of trillion rupees and every month 30 Billion Rs. as such our economy is in tatters