Son brings bad luck to Berty Premalal
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
As a result, details of the President reprimanding Dissanayake at the SLFP Central Committee meeting for failing to get a piece of legislation given by him to the chief minister to be passed in the North Central Provincial Council had been published in the gossip columns of weekend newspapers. The reports have also stated that the President was displeased with Dissanayake’s conduct.
The news that would reflect badly on the North Central Province Chief Minister had been given to the media by the President’s Media Unit on a Presidential directive.
Meanwhile, one of Deputy Minister Duminda Dissanayake’s coordinating Secretaries, Nandana Lokubharana, who had not been arrested by the police for about one year over an alleged cheque fraud was suddenly arrested last week and presented before court as part of the operation to bring disrepute to the Chief Minister.
When the suspect was produced before court, Magistrate Ruvandhka Marapone had questioned the police as to why he was not arrested earlier since he was wanted for a period of one year.
However, political analysts say the real reason to sideline Berty Premalal Dissanayake is due to his son Deputy Minster Duminda Dissanayake who is also Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne’s son n-law.
It is believed that he would pose a threat to Namal Rajapaksa’s political future, analysts said.
