Probe into ‘conspiracy’ against president in Kurunegala!
- Saturday, 28 September 2013
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State intelligence has launched a special investigation on the orders of the Defence Secretary as to whether a conspiracy by several ruling party ministers of the government from Kurunegala had taken place during the election for the north western provincial council.
On the basis of a complaint by another government minister, the president has told the Defence Secretary to initiate an investigation. The group of ministers had plotted the conspiracy at a room of the home of the Kurunegala mayor on September 02 following the SLFP anniversary conference, the tale-carrying minister has told the president.
According to him, ministers S.B. Nawinna, Jayaratne Herath, Salinda Dissanayake, and two urban councilors and the Dodamgaslanda electoral organizer had reached agreement to defeat Johnston Fernando’s son Johan in order to teach a lesson to the president. All those present had also agreed to extend their fullest suport to Dayasiri Jayasekara to defeat Johan Fernando.
On the occasion, minister S.B. Nawinna has said, “The same thing that was done to Berty was tried on me as well. At this time, we should show our strength to the president. Without thinking, the president has placed the wrong trump card on the table. We must lay our hands on that trump card. Let us support Dayasiri secretly and defeat Johnny’s lad.”
All those present, in one voice, had approved of his suggestion. Unexpectedly, minister Basil Rajapaksa had arrived at the mayor’s residence, but none of those in the room had come out to receive him. Angered by that, minister Basil Rajapaksa had left and then told the president, “Our seniors are apparently going to play a game. They were having a secret talk inside a room. They did not care about me at all.” Since these remarks and the complaint by the friendly minister tallied, the president has told the Defence Secretary to launch an immediate investigation.
At their discussion, the ministers also decided that from Johnny’s seat, his son should be relegated to second place. Minister Salinda Dissanayake had said that he had the trump cards to do the needful. Accordingly, the caste of former PC member Nilantha Supun Rajapaksa was highlighted in order to promote him over Johan Fernando. Also, a decision was taken to use Kolambagama Podi Hamuduruwo of Panduwasnuwara Purana Rajamaha Vihara, a renowned monk of the area, to incite religious feelings. The objective of this operation was to tame the inappropriate powers of the president in the north western province. It is in light of these circumstances that even Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekara himself is surprized that he had been able to poll more than 300,000 preferential votes.
At several of the election rallies attended by the president, Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekara attempted to hand over his policy manifesto to him, but the president had avoided him on purpose. After coming to know of this, the group of ministers in question had organized a separate rally in Kurunegala on September 15, invited SLFP general secretary Maithripala Sirisena and other senior SLFP ministers, and handed over his election manifesto to them. In the end, unity among SLFP senior ministers enabled them to defeat president Mahinda Rajapaksa. Nowadays, president is seriously thinking what his fate would be like, if the other SLFP ministers and MPs in the country take this as a cue and follow the example given from Kurunegala, according to sources close to him.
According to him, ministers S.B. Nawinna, Jayaratne Herath, Salinda Dissanayake, and two urban councilors and the Dodamgaslanda electoral organizer had reached agreement to defeat Johnston Fernando’s son Johan in order to teach a lesson to the president. All those present had also agreed to extend their fullest suport to Dayasiri Jayasekara to defeat Johan Fernando.
On the occasion, minister S.B. Nawinna has said, “The same thing that was done to Berty was tried on me as well. At this time, we should show our strength to the president. Without thinking, the president has placed the wrong trump card on the table. We must lay our hands on that trump card. Let us support Dayasiri secretly and defeat Johnny’s lad.”
All those present, in one voice, had approved of his suggestion. Unexpectedly, minister Basil Rajapaksa had arrived at the mayor’s residence, but none of those in the room had come out to receive him. Angered by that, minister Basil Rajapaksa had left and then told the president, “Our seniors are apparently going to play a game. They were having a secret talk inside a room. They did not care about me at all.” Since these remarks and the complaint by the friendly minister tallied, the president has told the Defence Secretary to launch an immediate investigation.
At their discussion, the ministers also decided that from Johnny’s seat, his son should be relegated to second place. Minister Salinda Dissanayake had said that he had the trump cards to do the needful. Accordingly, the caste of former PC member Nilantha Supun Rajapaksa was highlighted in order to promote him over Johan Fernando. Also, a decision was taken to use Kolambagama Podi Hamuduruwo of Panduwasnuwara Purana Rajamaha Vihara, a renowned monk of the area, to incite religious feelings. The objective of this operation was to tame the inappropriate powers of the president in the north western province. It is in light of these circumstances that even Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekara himself is surprized that he had been able to poll more than 300,000 preferential votes.
At several of the election rallies attended by the president, Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekara attempted to hand over his policy manifesto to him, but the president had avoided him on purpose. After coming to know of this, the group of ministers in question had organized a separate rally in Kurunegala on September 15, invited SLFP general secretary Maithripala Sirisena and other senior SLFP ministers, and handed over his election manifesto to them. In the end, unity among SLFP senior ministers enabled them to defeat president Mahinda Rajapaksa. Nowadays, president is seriously thinking what his fate would be like, if the other SLFP ministers and MPs in the country take this as a cue and follow the example given from Kurunegala, according to sources close to him.
