Ranil Says De Facto CJ Pieris Was Ready To Send Rajapaksa Regime Members To Jail
January 30, 2015
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had said during his special statement to the parliament today that de facto Chief Justice Mohan Peris had said he was ready to imprison all members of the Rajapaksa regime.
The PM had stated that reinstating the 43rd Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was carried out in accordance of proper proceedings and had added that when the de-facto CJ was requested to resign from his position respectfully, he had in return expressed his readiness to deliver judgments in favour of the government.
“Therefore, it the government retained Mohan Pieris, he could have sent all of the former government members to jail,” he said when a huge uproar was made by the Opposition during his statement.
However, the uproar escalated when several Opposition MPs including Nimal Siripala de Silva, Wimal Weerawansa and Dinesh Gunwardena repeatedly requested for time for a debate on the legality of reinstating the 43rd CJ, which was in turn refused when the PM informed the parliament that an opportunity for a debate on the topic can only be given after February 5, when the independence day celebrations are concluded.
Rajpal Still Editor Of Daily News, Still Getting Paid By The Taxpayers
January 30, 2015
One of the ugliest facets of the Rajapaksa regime was its conduct in the state media. Even by State media standards no others surpassed the absolute low levels that were reached by the Editor of the Daily News,Rajpal Abeynayake. From foreign leaders, ambassadors, public servants to opposition politicians have all been victims of this vitriolic individual claiming to be a journalist. even die hard supporters of the Rajapaksa regime such as Dayan Jayatilleka have been called donkey by in the Daily News editorial.
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Even more preposterous is the retention of Rajpal Abeynayake as the editor of the Daily News. It is reliably learnt from sources within the Lake House that Abeynayake continues to function as the Editor of the paper and is now writing its editorials. Not known for any principles, integrity or values, Abeynayake has no qualms about pandering to his new masters as long has he is paid and his privileges continued. In 180 degree turn from his unquestionable defence of the Rajapaksa regime, including the anti-Muslim massacre in Aluthgama, Abeynayake has now taken to topics such as ethnic harmony, reconciliation, good governance and demilitarization.
In the later part of the election cycle he called Muslim MP’s who supported candidate Sirisena Pigs and then went on to apologize to Pigs. He has called President Sirisena a traitor, an Eelamist, a crook and a coweredamong many other names.
Abeynayake has been involved in numerous scandals during the Rajapaksa regime. Famously he got mugged at a brothel in Geneva during an all expenses paid trip to cover the Human Rights Council sessions in 2012. He and Bandula Jayasekera, another Rajapaksa mouth piece had visited the establishment again with tax payer money when they faced the misfortune.
