Why Mahinda Rajapaksa is not arrested if all are equal before the law?

Feb 13, 2017

Citizens who value justice question as to why the law is not taking its course against ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, against whom a presidential commission has made findings to support accusations that he had obtained Rs. 160 million from ITN.

The commission sent its report of findings more than three months ago to the attorney general, but Mahinda is yet to be arrested or prosecuted.

Commenting on this, law-abiding citizens say Sri Lanka’s politics is nothing but deals. They are of the view that the person in power is using the wrongs of his predecessor to blackmail him for his own existence.

Mahinda also escaped from the charges of tsunami aid swindling through Helping Hambantota in 2004, with the support of the then government and chief justice at the time Sarath Nanda Silva. Later, Silva apologized to the nation for not having sent Mahinda to prison, but is now in his camp.