Anura seeks businessmen’s support to make Gota premier!

 Thursday, 04 September 2014 

Notorious businessman and senior DIG in charge of Colombo Anura Senanayake has undertaken a new task these days, say police headquarters sources.

His latest project is to see that defence ministry secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is brought into politics from Colombo district at the next general election and secure him the position of prime minister. For that, Senanayake is working day and night. He is saying publicly that he has been named the campaign manager of Gotabhaya.

The DIG’s office in Colombo Pettah has been used as the ‘premiership project’ of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Senanayake is using the conference hall at its fourth floor to hold meetings with businessmen. So, far five such meetings have taken place there, say police headquarters sources.

Jewellers of Chetty Street, dried fish traders, wholesalers, clothing sellers and other groups of Colombo businessmen have been invited to these meetings. Addressing them, Gotabhya has said that he would contest from Colombo at the next general election and that it was their obligation to give him the expenses for posters, cutouts, banners, newspaper and television advertisements and other requirements for his electioneering. The DIG has said that Colombo businessmen should be grateful to Gotabhaya who has done a unique service to Colombo city.

In order to lure businessmen into this project, the DIG has inquired from them as to whether they were facing any threats or there were problems with regard to claim their cash dues, and if so, to inform him about them. He has promised them to bring loan defaulters to them.

There is a big competition going on between the president’s brothers Basil and Gotabhaya to secure the premiership position in the next regime. The former is enjoying the support of ministry secretaries, while the latter is getting the backing of the business community.