Island reconvicted criminal also aboard rebel hijacked UPFA train
Promises galore: Former President Rajapaksa shares a joke with SLFP General Secretary Anura Priyadarshana Yapa at the unveiling of the UPFA manifesto
Sunday, August 02, 2015
‘Innocent till proven guilty’ sham rogue defence blastedThe United People’s Freedom Alliance’s shocking decision to nominate an island reconvicted criminal as a fit and proper person to contest the forthcoming election was revealed last Thursday by UNP heavyweight John Amaratunga, shattering to smithereens the UPFA facade that whilst nominations would be given to those having criminal allegations against them for they had not been proved guilty, the line would be drawn at giving nominations to those who had been.