Vaas wins over clash with Nonis!
- Saturday, 04 October 2014
The external affairs ministry has officially informed Sri Lankan high commissioner in UK Dr. Chris Nonis, who was inhumanly assaulted by the ministry’s supervising MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardena in New York on September 24, that it has accepted yesterday (03), on the order of the president, the resignation letter he had tendered to the president.
A little while ago Dr. Nonis spoke to BBC Sinhala Service and announced this officially. He said,
According to what the worldwide media has extensively reported by now, I was subjected to an unlawful attack by Sri Lankan external affairs ministry’s supervising MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardena in New York on September 24.
On the same day, I informed the president about the incident, tendered my resignation letter and returned to London from New York on the same night.
I feel that I have fulfilled to the maximum the task given to me by the president on behalf of my motherland and her people. I extend my heartiest devotion to the president for the valuable opportunity he had given me. Finally, I remember with gratitude all those who have supported and encouraged me to carryout that task.”
Sajin Vaas and ministry secretary Kshenuka Seneviratne have proposed the name of a magistrate serving at a Colombo magistrate’s court to fill the void created following the resignation of Dr. Nonis, and internal sources at the ministry say the president will mostly likely approve his name.
It is reported that the Secretary General of the SLFP Minister Maithripala Sirisena has, in writing, asked the President why preparations are being made to hold a sudden presidential election when his term ends in two more years.
SATURDAY, 04 OCTOBER 2014
It is reported that the Secretary General of the SLFP Minister Maithripala Sirisena has, in writing, asked the President why preparations are being made to hold a sudden presidential election when his term ends in two more years.
The internal conflicts in the government have developed rapidly after the Uva PC election and many seniors in the SLFP have expressed opposition to holding a presidential election before President’s 6 year term ends. The written query by the Secretary General of the SLFP would have been influenced by the forces opposing Rajapaksas point out political analysts adding that Minister Sirisena would not resort to such an action on his own.
In his letter Minister Sirisena asks why a presidential election is held when promises made at the previous presidential election had not been fulfilled and suggests it would be better if the election is held after fulfilling the promises.
Minister Sirisena too is a senior in the SLFP who has been harassed by Rajapaksa family regime. Political analysts say a large number in the government are preparing to publicly act against Rajapaksa family rule in the near future. They say the letter from Minister Sirisena is a signal for what is in store for the regime.
