‘Lightning Should Strike Tiran Alles For Giving Blood Money To The LTTE’: UNP

December 23, 2013 |

The Mawbhima newspaper which has joined the Sirasa TV network to spearhead a campaign of misinformation and slander against the main opposition United National Party was slammed at the Party’s annual convention on Saturday (21st) by parliamentarian and former Bar Association President Wijedasa Rajapakshe.

Tiran’s residence damaged during a bomb attack, that has been blamed on the ruling party. / File photo

Wijedasa Rajapakshe accused Mawbhima proprietor Tiran Alles of engaging in base treachery by paying money to terrorists at the Presidential Elections in 2005 to deprive the Tamil people of the North and East of a franchise.

Rajapakshe said that those without blood on their hands were appointed to the UNP Leadership Council which is now working towards Party victory. “Those who used to attack Ranil are now attaching Council Chairman, Karu Jayasuriya.” Refereeing to an article in Alles’s newspaper which claimed that lightning had struck Jayasuriya at a rally (Karuta Hena Gahai) Rajapakse said that it was a blatant falsehood and warned Alles that it was not Jayasuriya, who is a staunch Buddhist, who would be struck by lightning, but Alles who had given blood money to terrorists. Wijedasa Rajapakshe further claimed that Tiran Alles had handed over Rs. 784 million to the LTTE on behalf of the Mahinda Rajapaksa campaign in order to ensure a boycott of the poll in November 2005.

“The person who gave blood money to terrorists in 2005 and prevented Ranil Wickremesinghe from becoming the President of this country is today carrying out a similar contract of the regime through his news paper in the hope to prevent a UNP government from coming into power” Wijedasa Rajapakshe added.

Namal warns his father about the Gota’s secret deal

(Lanka-e-news-08.Dec.2013, 10.45 P.M.)Lanka e news learned that the American Intelligence Service has requested a report from Italian Intelligence about Gotabhaya Rajapakse for his meeting with a leader of the LTTE recently, as it is a banned terrorist organization in the United States.

The LTTE leader whom Gota met in his Italian visit is a well known wanted terrorist by the International Intelligence Services and is absconding their security network.

The LTTE terrorist group in the latter part of the war negotiated many deals in Europe for their weapon supplies through this terrorist leader. The well known terrorist leader “K.P” has only provided money necessary to weapon purchases. This terrorist visited many countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Cambodia and Vietnam and made a number weapon deals. He has amazing languages skills and speaks many languages. There is much information received about his illegal activities but unable to disclose as this matter is now under investigation.

The United States is deeply concerned about Gotabhaya Rajapakse being a United States Citizen dealing with terrorists such as the one well known to the intelligence in violation of their laws. LTTE is a listed terrorist group in the United States. Making deals with the LTTE terrorist group inside or outside of Sri Lanka is subject to their investigations. There is no credible report that Gotbhaya has renounced his United States citizenship according to the IRS( Internal Revenue Service). Every United States citizen must file tax returns with the IRS. Unless one informs the IRS for renunciation of citizenship. IRS under the regulation discloses to the public of such names periodically. Further renunciation of citizenship is a matter to the United States Department of State and there is no such information available to the public.

Gotabhaya Rajapakse may be holding an office as Secretary of Defense in Sri Lanka but he is not a law enforcement officer, therefore his dealing with terrorists are prohibited and only probable cause is required to make a case under the existing laws. Further no government can give permission to Gota to deal with Terrorists as the United States prohibits any dealing with terrorists. For this reason his activities specifically dealing with LTTE terrorists is a matter to the United States and such dealings are matters to be investigated by the US Intelligence. Further at the time Gota became the Secretary of Defense, he was a United States Citizen and then validity of Sri Lankan citizenship (if he has one) is a matter to be challenged in the United States. He may be immune from the Sri Lankan judicial system but not from the United States as he was a United States citizen and at the time he obtained citizenship he took an oath to abide the laws of the United States. Under these circumstances it is unavoidable to the United States Intelligence to question him whether he has violated the United States laws. Therefore the Intelligence is arguing that the report from the Italian Intelligence is essential for investigation purposes.

In the mean time Gota’s secret dealings with LTTE created paranoia in the Rajapakse regime. Gota’s secret mission with LTTE leader was not known and not informed to the President brother. Gota has a secret agenda that did not inform about the dealing with LTTE leader after he returned to Sri Lanka. Namal has shown the E-news report to his father as it was the first report that reveals Gota’s secret mission. He has told his father that “ father at least now open your eyes about your own brothers, I told you that they are waiting to empower you”. It is a well known fact that Namal has a feeling of resentment towards his uncles Gotabhaya Rajapakse and Basil Rajapakse.