Blame for us too, when Hemantha spoils all jobs - president

 Tuesday, 04 February 2014 

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (03) told some of his closest associates that president‘s counsel Hemantha Warnakulasuriya not only spoils all the jobs given to him, but that the blame has to be borne by not just him, but by all. His remark came after he got to know about the revelation we made the day before titled ‘Hemantha Warnakulasuriya’s 2nd conspiracy against Mangala revealed.’

All the parties involved are in a very bad jumble after Hemantha had spoiled the job by not doing it the way the president had told him to do.

The president had instructed that the ‘plant’ against mangala be first published in ‘Mawbima’ newspaper owned by Tiran Alles. But Hemantha had first published it in ‘Sunday Observer’ and yesterday’s ‘Dinamina’. When asked why, Tiran has said that Thushara Gunaratne had refused to publish it. When he heard the name Ruwan Sugathadasa, an astonished editor Gunaratne had asked as to from where he had been found. After Tiran enlightened him about everything, Gunaratne had advised him, “Do not make the newspaper a joke by conniving with jokers like him.” Hence, the decision to handover the publication of the article to Lake House.

When the persons tasked with finding the documents relating to the petition submitted by Sugathadasa had met Ports Authority chairman Priyath B. Wickrama, he had told them, “He is a schemer. Do not be deceived by him. If Mangala could have been ruined by this, I would have used it when Mangala was expelled from the government. I studied the case from A to Z. Sugathadasa uses people from time to time. Do not take his talks seriously.”

On information given by Sugathadasa, the CID had summoned Renuka Shanmuganathan to give a statement. This has badly frightened Sugathadasa. That is because once he had obtained Rs. 5 million from her saying the money was for Ruwan Ferdinandis. Later, when she met Ferdinandis, she had inquired whether he had received the money, and a perplexed Ferdinandis had asked what that was all about. Comprehending what had happened, she had explained everything to him. To save Sugathadasa, Ferdinandis has replied, “Yes. He told me about some money. I was not in Colombo. He may bring it to me. Do not fear.” Sugathadasa is afraid that Shanmuganathan will tell the CID about that incident.

However, Sugathadasa seems to be in a joyous mood these days, according to sources close to him. What he wants is to get attacked by the media and use that to deceive a western embassy and obtain visa. The other actor in this play-act, Sampath Kotelawala aka Shed Sampath, is following a crash course on computers at the insistence of presidential media unit head Mahinda Illeperuma since he fears the president will soon ask him how to access banned websites through proxies. Amidst all these, MP Buddhika Pathirana says that “I am not sure about my father-in-law. Otherwise, how can all these be carried by websites? This could well be a game among lawyers.

Expect more about this episode….