Secretaries of ex-president wail in front of Maithri!

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Secretary to the former president Lalith Weeratunga, secretary to the former prime minister S. Amarasekara, former finance ministry and treasury secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara and Ranjith Premasiri, who was the secretary of highways and several other ministries, all met president Maithripala Sirisena last night (19) and pleaded with him to stop investigations against them by the FCID and the bribery and corruption commission and put an end to taking revenge from public servants, say president’s office sources.

Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena has taken them to meet the president.

These former secretaries have promised president Sirisena that if their request is fulfilled, they would prevent ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa from dividing the SLFP and contesting the upcoming general election separately. They stressed that they had not committed any act of wrongdoing, and only followed advice given by politicians.

They further noted that Rajapaksa’s only fear now was the investigations being held against him and his family members. Rajapaksa well knows what will happen if he ignores his former secretaries, and they will be able to silence him, they said. Accordingly, these former secretaries are due to meet the former president within the next few days.