Minister met Gota in latter’s car?

Jan 12, 2017

Rumours are making rounds that a leading minister of the ‘Yahapaalana’ government has met former defence secretary recently. Their meeting for nearly one hour took place in the latter’s car.

What they had discussed is not known, but it is being said that a top government figure has sent a message through that minister to Gotabhaya. Political analysts guess that a top government figure has promised to adopt a lenient approach with regard to the accusations leveled against Gotabhaya over the Welikada prison murders.

These killings occurred nearly five years ago, but not even the autopsies have taken place yet. On several occasions, Borella police took measures to carry out the autopsies, but were stopped on orders by a top government position. The CID sought permission from the former and the incumbent IGPs to question the main suspect in the murders, STF’s ASP Sylvester Wijesinghe. But both had kept silent over the requests.  

The ex-defence secretary is linked to the Welikadasa prison murders as well as the MiG deal, but he remains free due to the blessings he receives from top figures in the ‘Yahapaalana’ government. Good governance activists comment that if “the government loves Gota so much and cannot send him behind bars, what it should do is to strip him of his civic rights like J.R. did for Sirima. If not, the government will soon experience the results of pampering serpents.”