‘I trust FCID, CID chiefs 100%’ – says PM

May 18, 2016

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told president Maithripala Sirisena that he 100 per cent trusted the honesty and efficiency of the chiefs of the FCID and the CID, who respectively are senior DIG Ravindra Vaidyalankara and senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, reliable sources say.

The reason for the PM’s remark to the president is that there is a rumour that top ministers of the ‘Yahapaalana’ government are going to submit a cabinet proposal soon accusing the two police officers of delaying court cases and to remove them. The ministers in question are health minister Rajitha Senaratne, megapolis minister Champika Ranawaka, ports minister Arjuna Ranatunga and the latest cabinet member Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka. Several new ministers are going to support their proposal.

Explaining further to the president, the PM has said, “Let us allow them to do their duty. This is not a game of hide and seek. Obtaining evidence should be done skillfully. Lawyers for the defendants are waiting for an opportunity for a loophole. This is like striking with a two-edged sword. If the target is missed, the striker too, will be cut.”

Supporting the PM’s views, a renowned criminal lawyer told us, “Rajitha, Champika, Arjuna and Fonseka do not have any knowledge of the law. What they want is to have media hypes saying Namal is caught, Gota is caught, Basil is caught. Then, the people will not question them about the increase in VAT and the cost of living. Especially, evidence in financial crime should be built very skillfully, like bringing out a valuable artifact hidden by the sand sheet of time. In a crime, the case should be built upon circumstantial evidence if there is no eyewitness account. So, if the CID goes to act according to the haste of politicians, such cases can be brought down easily.”