Army commander in electioneering!

 Thursday, 11 December 2014

Violating all rules and regulations of the Sri Lanka Army, its commander Daya Ratnayake is going to take over president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elction campaign, say SLA sources.

He will summon all ranks in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts to the A’pura commander’s office today for a special discussion.

As the commander in chief of the armed forces, the president has directly given the order to the Army commander. According to procedures, these had taken place previously through the defence secretary, but due to an unknown reason, the president has ordered the Army commander to take over his entire campaign in the north central province. The Army commander will come directly under the president.

Sumanadasa’s plot to ruin president!

Thursday, 11 December 2014 

The 08th of January, the date fixed by royal astrologer Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena for the presidential election, is very bad for the president as per his horoscope, Piyasena Rathuwithana, another astrologer loyal to the president, has told him.

Alarmed by Rathuwithana’s opinion, the president summoned several other astrologers and sought their view, and all agreed January 08 spelt badly for the president. A worried president wanted to know any remedies.

All of them expressed the opinion that in order to avoid the bad effects of the date, the president should go to Thirupathi Kovil as soon as possible and make a vow. Accordingly, the president set aside several scheduled work and suddenly went to India’s Thirupathi Kovil on November 09.

Commenting further on the presidential election, Rathuwithana said that even if the president won it by any means, he would find it difficult to rule according to his wishes.