Gota orders Deshabandu to lock up Mangala at least for one day!
Sunday, 13 October 2013
According to sources at Matara police, Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday (12) ordered Matara division SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon thus: “Why did you let Mangala off? If you want to remain in your seat any further, you must lock up Mangala for at least one day. Do that immediately.”
For nearly half an hour yesterday afternoon, the Defence Secretary lectured SSP Tennakoon, also saying, “Although you are having a picture of mine at your office, I know that you are an UNPer. I also know that when you were a SI, you had stayed in the room of Abeysekara of Sirikotha. I know that it was Gamini Jayawickrama Perera who had promoted you as an ASP. Therefore, it is clear by your letting Mangala off that you are more faithful to the UNP than to us. If you want to remain in your seat, lock up Mangala for at least one day. If human rights cases come up, I will take care of them through the CJ. You do as I say.”
As per these instructions, SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon is due to employ a new plan in a matter of days to corner Matara district MP, head of the UNP communication unit Mangala Samaraweera.
For nearly half an hour yesterday afternoon, the Defence Secretary lectured SSP Tennakoon, also saying, “Although you are having a picture of mine at your office, I know that you are an UNPer. I also know that when you were a SI, you had stayed in the room of Abeysekara of Sirikotha. I know that it was Gamini Jayawickrama Perera who had promoted you as an ASP. Therefore, it is clear by your letting Mangala off that you are more faithful to the UNP than to us. If you want to remain in your seat, lock up Mangala for at least one day. If human rights cases come up, I will take care of them through the CJ. You do as I say.”
As per these instructions, SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon is due to employ a new plan in a matter of days to corner Matara district MP, head of the UNP communication unit Mangala Samaraweera.
With Hemal’s entry, signs that Dullas will be discarded!
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Following last week’s swearing-in of Matara district MP Hemal Gunasekara as the Deputy Minister of Internal Trade and Cooperatives, signs are there that Minister Dullas Alahapperuma is losing his domination as the district’s leader of the ruling UPFA.
Mr. Hemal Gunasekara is a politician much senior to Minister Dullas Alahapperuma and hails from a traditional SLFP family in the southern province. Minister Alahapperuma always treats Mr. Hemal Gunasekara as his opponent and up to now has been able to confine him to the area politically, without allowing him to go up the political ladder. Everybody in the south knows it to be the truth that every time Hemal Gunasekara become politically noticeable, Minister Dullas Alahapperuma hastens to cut him down.
The only person from the south to openly challenge Minister Dullas Alahapperuma is Mr. Hemal Gunasekara, who has nicknamed the former as ‘Kota Jeewithe’ (shorty). Just like Mr. Dullas Alahapperuma, Mr. Hemal Gunasekara is a closest relation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. As a cold war is brewing between Messrs. Namal Rajapaksa and Dullas Alahapperuma for the Youth Affairs Ministry, the president has decided to bring Mr. Hemal Gunasekara to the fore. As a result of that decision, the president has brought Mr. Hemal Gunasekara to the scene by appointing him as a deputy minister, after being sidelined thus far due to the tales being carried against him by Minister Dullas.
Openly issuing a challenge to Dullas that “If you can, contest and get elected to parliament”, Hemal Gunasekara has requested the president to appoint him as the Kamburupitiya organizer, in place of Dullas Alahapperuma. Accordingly, Hemal Gunasekara will, very soon, be given the Kamburupitiya SLFP organizer position, and Dullas, along with his wife Pradeepa, will have once again to leave for America, singing “Kolom Thotin Nev Negga Apey Ratey Manussakama” along the way, political sources say.
The only person from the south to openly challenge Minister Dullas Alahapperuma is Mr. Hemal Gunasekara, who has nicknamed the former as ‘Kota Jeewithe’ (shorty). Just like Mr. Dullas Alahapperuma, Mr. Hemal Gunasekara is a closest relation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. As a cold war is brewing between Messrs. Namal Rajapaksa and Dullas Alahapperuma for the Youth Affairs Ministry, the president has decided to bring Mr. Hemal Gunasekara to the fore. As a result of that decision, the president has brought Mr. Hemal Gunasekara to the scene by appointing him as a deputy minister, after being sidelined thus far due to the tales being carried against him by Minister Dullas.
Openly issuing a challenge to Dullas that “If you can, contest and get elected to parliament”, Hemal Gunasekara has requested the president to appoint him as the Kamburupitiya organizer, in place of Dullas Alahapperuma. Accordingly, Hemal Gunasekara will, very soon, be given the Kamburupitiya SLFP organizer position, and Dullas, along with his wife Pradeepa, will have once again to leave for America, singing “Kolom Thotin Nev Negga Apey Ratey Manussakama” along the way, political sources say.
