Sunday, 15 January 2012 
She has told the President that Uva Province Chief Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa would gain prominence if his father Chamal Rajapaksa was appointed as the Prime Minister and that the President’s son MP Namal Rajapaksa would eventually be sidelined.
Shiranthi Rajapaksa has threatened to go overseas with the children if the Preisdnet does not heed her request claiming that she would not allow Namal’s political life to be destroyed the way their baby daughter was killed.
The President has told the First Lady that Namal is his son as well and would never take a decision that would have a negative impact on his political future. He has added his only desire was to ensure that Namal would one day become the head of state.
Therefore, the President has promised to appoint Namal as a deputy minister to an important portfolio and to appoint him as a Cabinet minister a few months later.
However, the First Lady has not responded positively to the proposal. The official who gave us the information said there was likelihood to see a change in the President’s decision to appoint Chamal as Prime Minister.
Disturbed by the family crisis, the President has told several of his friends that his elder brother Chamal Rajapaksa has made many sacrifices to bring the Rajapaksa brothers to where they are today.
The President has said that he would never forget how Chamal joined the police force to maintain the family after their father’s death.
However, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, who was on an overseas tour, has returned to the country. Chamal has met a well known astrologer monk as soon as he returned to the country. The monk has said that Chamal was to be appointed to a very high office and that Shashindra’s horoscope was also favorable to it. According to the monk, Shashindra’s horoscope has a rajayoga.
