SB should apologize from all Sri Lankan
I will quit UPFA if BBS backs Rajapaksa - Faiszer
December 12, 2014
Deputy Minister of Investment Promotion, Faiszer Musthapha, says that he will not remain in the United Peoples’ Freedom Alliance (UPFA) if the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Organisation decides to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the upcoming Presidential Election.
Responding to a question from a journalist at a press conference in Colombo today, the deputy minister stated that the ultra-nationalist Buddhist group has still not made a statement, directly or indirectly, regarding supporting President Rajapaksa.
“That aside, if Bodu Bala Sena is supporting Mahinda Rajapaksa, I will not be in the alliance today,” Musthapha said.
Minister of Transport, Kumara Welgama, addressing the press briefing, stated that he would not leave the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) until he dies and that he has given his son the same advice.
The reason for this, Welgama said, is since his son received votes because of him.
Asked about Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses being used to transport supporters for UPFA rallies, the minister stated that they would even give Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan buses if he pays the money.
Meanwhile SLFP General Secretary Anura Priyadarshana Yapa stated that there are allegations against Kotikawatta Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Prasanna Solangaarachchi, who recently pledged support to the Common Opposition Candidate, regarding the misuse of local council property.
SB should apologize from all Sri Lankan women – Rosy
December 12, 2014
UNP MP Rosy Senanayake says that the controversial statement made by Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake regarding former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is the biggest crime of insult committed against the women of the country.
She pointed out that the minister had said Chandrika should be “put down in the ground, trampled, stripped naked and made to run along the streets.” She stated that this act falls under the crime of harassment in the Penal Code.
Senanayake inquired that if this is the way the Higher Education Minister of the country is talking about a former President of Sri Lanka, “what is the place given to the average woman in this country?”
She stated that an inquiry should be convened against Minister S.B. Dissanayake immediately and that he should apologize to all Sri Lankan women in general.
