Conspiracy to make Gota the presidential candidate

 08 September 2014 

The final objective of the legal arguments being posed by former chief justice Sarath Nanda Silva that Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot seek a third term as the president, is to see that defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is made the presidential candidate of the UPFA, a senior minister of the government told ‘Lanka  News Web’.

The Supreme Court has been tasked with giving an interpretation, and the chief justice who chairs the court, is a very close friend of the defence secretary. It was Gotabhaya who had recommended that Mohan Peiris, who had been his advisor, be appointed the chief justice.

If Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot contest under the circumstances, with his blessings, Gotabhaya is made the UPFA presidential candidate, for which a leading Colombo temple, which has the defence secretary and the ex-CJ as its chief patrons, has extended its support.

Bodu Bala Sena too, has blessed the moves to make Gotabhaya a national leader.