President annoyed by a land advertisement

Wednesday, 07 November 2012

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been annoyed by an advertisement on the sale of a land called Blue Mountain that is being telecast on the state owned Rupavahini and ITN channels. Sources from ITN say that the President had reprimanded the ITN Chairman over the telephone.

The advertisement shows a person clad in the attire of a holy person who claims to be the guardian of the area and for people to therefore have faith in the Blue Mountain area. The President had telephoned the ITN Chairman and said that there was only one guardian for the country and that it was him.

The President had said that people could not make such claims as they please and that TV stations should be mindful of what they telecast.

A directive had then been issued to stop telecasting the advertisement.

The Chairman had immediately ordered that the advertisement be stopped from being telecast on the station. A directive had also been issued to pay back the monies to the company. Shocked by the turn of events, ITN employees are currently discussing the serious situation faced by the President.