Dayasiri slaps president in the face!

Sunday, 05 January 2014 

North western province chief minister Dayasiri Jayasekara, in an apparent tit-for-tat targeting the president for all the stepmotherly treatment he has been receiving from the president, has described at a function on January 03 that defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as the only government leader with a backbone, political sources in the province say.

His remark came at a foundation laying and urban development observation tour by the defence secrerary in Kurunegala.

The chief minister has gone on to say, “Previously, when I was walking at Torrington, I used to meet the Mr. defence secretary. He was inspecting the UDA activities. We have been waiting to see a leader with a backbone arriving in Kurunegala. Mr. Secretary, under your leadership, I will build a beautiful Wayamba within the next two to three years.”

At the WPC polls, president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his son MP Namal Rajapaksa openly supported Jehan Fernando, the son of internal trade minister Johnston Fernando. However, in order to teach the president a lesson, all SLFP leaders in the province supported Mr. Jayasekara, who polled a record-breaking preferential votes of more than 300,000. After bidding his time, the chief minister has slapped the president in the face, said the sources.