“Shirani doesn’t have money even to pump petrol” – President says
Monday, 11 February 2013
The President has recently told several of his close confidantes that former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is unable to find money to even pump fuel to her vehicle.
“That woman should have known that she cannot bang herself against a rock. I will not allow any of her family members to do a job in this country. I will do that woman and her husband what I did to Fonny (Sarath Fonseka). I appointed Mohan as CJ for that purpose,” the President has said.
“Everyone though the impeachment would create a mess for the government. Now look who is in a mess. I have done politics for 40 years. None of these fellows can match up to me,” the President has stated with great pride.
President sends children to rob coconuts
Monday, 11 February 2013
The media gave much publicity to the story that the President had been greatly disturbed by the story of a student from Horana who had stolen eight coconuts from a nearby estate to find money to paint her calls room and that a report had been called by him at the last Cabinet meeting. The media stories tried to portray the President’s kindness and love for children.
It is without any doubt that we say that all these are acts put forward by the President.
The reason is that the President is due to arrive at the Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya in Matara on the 17th of this month. About 4,000 students are educated at the school. Parents have been issued a directive to pay Rs. 350 per student to paint the school premises.
Meanwhile, the Presidential Security Division (PSD) had also given an estimate to the school for Rs. 500,000 to set up a temporary marquee since the school hall cannot accommodate all the invitees. The school cannot afford such an amount, hence, parents of all school prefects have been asked to pay Rs. 2,500 for each prefect. The school is planning on collecting the remaining amount from businessmen in the area.
The member of the PTI who gave us this information said that it was difficult to say how many students would have to rob coconuts to find this money. The person further said that if the President truly cared about the plight of the country’s student population, he could show his true affection in practical terms by giving some form of relief to the students of Sujatha Vidyalaya.
