Mahinda given jolly tours by Maithi – Ranil regime

FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016 

Information has been revealed that Kurunegala District UPFA Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa has assigned a five day tour enabling him to participate at the official ceremony of president’s inauguration.

Air tickets, accommodation and hotel facilities have been provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier it was claimed that the tour was a private affair of Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa. Media had revealed that another group would join the tour midway. Meanwhile, Udayanga Weerathunga, the diplomat who is a close relative of Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa and accused of providing weapons to anti-government guerrillas and suspected of causing the death of a Sri Lankan employed in the embassy too has joined Kurunegala Parliamentarian in the tour.

Gamini Lokuge, Lohan Ratwatte, Udithi Lokubandara, Sampath Mahendra, Neville Wanniarachchi, Amarasinghe Saman Udaya, Wickremearachchi Hasitha are among the group that consists of Kurunegala Parliamentarian Rajapaksa’s entourage.

Meanwhile it is reported that social media sites including Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp were blocked in Uganda.  The main Ugandan opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), says it does not recognize President Museveni as the elected president. Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested after he took oath of office as an alternative government a day before President Yoweri Museveni’s swearing-in. Clashes have erupted between supporters of Uganda's main opposition leader Kizza Besigye and security forces in Kampala after Besigye was arrested.