Sunil Ratnayake sneaks in to VIP lounge at People’s Relax ceremony!

Friday, 15 August 2014 

Sunil Ratnayake of Teleview has gone uninvited to the VIP lounge for the distinguished invitees at the ceremony to launch the People’s Bank’s latest pension scheme ‘People’s Relax’, causing severe inconvenience to the guests present, organizers of the event told ‘Lanka News Web.’

That room had been allocated for the chief guest, Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, People’s Bank chairman Gamini Senarath and members of the People’s Bank’s director board. Even the additional general managers and deputy general managers were not permitted entry to that room. However, Teleview owner Sunil Ratnayake had gone there uninvited, and saying that it was him who had made the ‘People’s Relax’ television advertisement, he had started raving.

Going to the CB governor, he said in a drunken stupor, “You are running the economy nicely. You will be the next finance minister”, and going to Gamini Senarath, he said “We hear that you will become the finance ministry secretary. Please accept our best wishes.” All those present there were wondering as to how he had gained entrance.

Severely inconvenienced by Ratnayake’s behaviour, People’s Bank’s marketing chief Deepal Abeysekara has taken him aside and said, “Do not play hell. Are you trying to make me jobless?” Sunil’s response was “Do not be afraid. If anything happens, I will tell the president and get it settled.”

Meanwhile, without heeding our previous exposure, the marketing chief of the People’s Bank is going to hand over more work to Ratnayake to settle the money he had borrowed, say marketing division sources.