President furious over Dayasiri’s ‘computer jilmart’ remark!
- Wednesday, 18 September 2013
A furious president has severely reprimanded North Central Provincial chief ministerial aspirant, attorney-at-law Dayasiri Jayasekara, over his ‘computer jilmart’ remark which he had made during a public rally at Hettipola town yesterday (17), Temple Trees sources say. The president has been informed about the remark by his astrologer Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena.
The president has told Dayasiri Jayasekara, “Do you think we win elections by computer jilmarts? Is it that you are indirectly saying that I defeated Fonseka by computer jilmarts? Don’t you remember that you are now in the government? If you cannot watch your words, you can go and hang yourself.”
The president’s astrologer Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena, who was present there, has said, “Sir, I have told you that Dayasiri is a person without any gratitude. That is why from the beginning I was against his being accepted by you. I will worship your feet, please give him another Rs. 500 million and tell him to leave.”
Chief ministerial aspirant Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday (17) remarked about computer jilmarts on the basis of information given him by a member of state intelligence. According to that information, a topmost person in the government has ordered that the election result should be in the order of Johan Fernando in first place, Athula Wijesinghe in second place and Dayasiri Jayasekara in third place. Since hearing that information, Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekara is in a serious quandary, according to sources close to him.
Commonwealth wants a free poll
September 18, 2013
A group of Commonwealth election monitors said they hope Saturday’s election in the North will be free and fair.
The monitors, who are currently in Jaffna, will be deployed to all the districts in the North tomorrow (Thursday).
“We are hoping for a free and fair election,” the delegation said.
Former Kenyan Vice President Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is heading the Commonwealth election observer mission for the Northern Provincial Council Elections.
Others in the observer team will be the former Electoral Officer for Victoria, Australia Jenni McMullan, former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh Dr Shamsul Huda and Examin Philbert the Secretary of the Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities Saint Luci.
The Commonwealth monitors are in Sri Lanka on an invitation extended by Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya. (Colombo Gazette)
