Mahendran’s conduct will cost the UNP the simple majority they need 

Aug 14, 2015

The infamous Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has become a huge liability for the UNP. His conduct according to many analysts will go along way to prevent the UNP from getting a simple majority.

While the Bond Fraud is a complicated issue and understood by a few, the Opposition has given a new meaning to it by saying the Central bank has been robbed.

Many gullible people believe it. To add to all this the Governor who is a Tamil does not have the command of the Sinhala language to defend him self. As a result the former governor is having a field day ridiculing the current governor, despite having done deals with his former son in law. The governor is in a precarious situation because he cannot investigate the former governor because his son in law will get implicated in many of those transactions. Arjuna Mahendren has been a disaster for the UNP and the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister would miss out on many prefernance votes as a result of his unwillingness to ask the Governor to go home.

The President in the interest of the country should at least now sack the Governor so that Sri Lanka can get a fresh start after the 18 th of August. If Arjuna Mahendren thinks he has a safe passage after the election he is in for a shock because the opposition will never allow it to go away until they see the back of him. I congratulate the Lanka News Web for their continuous reporting of this issue without sweeping it under the carpet.
 
Bertram