Patriotic Gota’s traitorous deeds!
Jun 13, 2016
Former defence secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is planning to play a new role these days, media reports. He is dreaming to become deputy leader of the SLFP under the leadership of president Maithripala Sirisena.
His friends, who are paving the way to make that a reality, claim Gotabjhaya to be a clean character without any accusation of corruption or act of terror. They argue that the allegations against him have not been proven in a court of law.
Given below is just one of the numerous ‘deals’ struck by such a so-called virtuous character.
The presidential secretariat, through a four-member commission, has by now received confirmation as to how Gotabhaya and architect Muditha Jayakody, who claims himself to be the modern Geoffrey Bawa, swindled Rs. 173 million from the Defence Ministry.
As per a cabinet decision on 05 August 2015, an investigation committee chaired by Foreign Employment Bureau’s secretary G.S. Vithanage and also comprising Housing and Construction Ministry director S.D.H. de Silva, Public Finance Department director P.B.S.C. Nonis and H.M. Ajith Chandra investigated the irregularities that had taken place in the security forces headquarters building (Colombo Pentagon) project at Akuregoda in Battaramulla, and handed over its report to the government about six months ago, but the government has not yet implemented the recommendations contained in the report, as Gotabhaya’s invisible hands are still at work at the
Defence Ministry
If the Sri Lanka Association of Architects does not conduct an immediate investigation and take disciplinary action against Jayakody, who compares himself to Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa, the reputation won by the likes of Geoffrey Bawa for their profession will be destroyed.
If the Sri Lanka Association of Architects does not conduct an immediate investigation and take disciplinary action against Jayakody, who compares himself to Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa, the reputation won by the likes of Geoffrey Bawa for their profession will be destroyed.
Vithanage report on Colombo Pentagon
The investigation report says the cabinet paper that enabled Gotabhaya to give the contract to Jayakody as well as the project proposal by Muditha Jayakody Associates (Pvt.) Ltd. (MJAL) have gone missing from the Defence Ministry. This is a clear indication that Gotabhaya’s invisible hands are still very much alive at the ministry.
The investigation report says the cabinet paper that enabled Gotabhaya to give the contract to Jayakody as well as the project proposal by Muditha Jayakody Associates (Pvt.) Ltd. (MJAL) have gone missing from the Defence Ministry. This is a clear indication that Gotabhaya’s invisible hands are still very much alive at the ministry.
The cabinet on 25 January 2011 appointed MJAL as the project consultant without calling for tenders. On 05 April 2006, MJAL was appointed a consultant to the Defence Ministry before it was registered with the Registrar of Companies at Samagam Medura. The MJAL was not a member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Chartered Architects (SLICA) either. It got company registration 27 October 2010 and became a SLICA member on 02 November 2011.
As consultant fee for the project, a 5.5 per cent of the project cost is due to be paid. That is divided as 1.5 pc for MJAL and 4 pc for Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB) that does the construction part.
Accordingly, the cabinet on 10 July 2014 decided to pay Rs. 606.03 million to MJAL and Rs. 1,556.90 million to CECB. That had been calculated at an estimated cost of Rs. 40 billion for the first phase of the project.
Surplus payments to Muditha with Gota’s approval
MJAL had received Rs. 509.926 million as consultancy fees from the Defence Ministry by 31 May last year. That is 83 pc payment of the approved amount. However, only 30.02 pc of the work is completed. However, MJAL claims it has completed 68.5 pc of its task. On Gotabhaya’s orders, the ministry has made a surplus payment from public funds of Rs. 173.5 million to MJAL, although the entire payment should have been Rs. 347 million. On Gotabhaya’s orders, a surplus Rs. 146.5 million had been paid to CECB.
MJAL had received Rs. 509.926 million as consultancy fees from the Defence Ministry by 31 May last year. That is 83 pc payment of the approved amount. However, only 30.02 pc of the work is completed. However, MJAL claims it has completed 68.5 pc of its task. On Gotabhaya’s orders, the ministry has made a surplus payment from public funds of Rs. 173.5 million to MJAL, although the entire payment should have been Rs. 347 million. On Gotabhaya’s orders, a surplus Rs. 146.5 million had been paid to CECB.
Gotabhaya and Jayakody are two rogues who have swindled millions of rupees under the cover of patriotism. One tries to take full credit for the war victory, while the other compares himself to Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa, in order to commit daylight robbery.
There is adequate evidence to punish both as per clauses 403, 386 and 389 of the Penal Code, but to whose wants the FCID and the Attorney General’s Department are yet to act against them? citizens who value justice question.
We are in the possession of all the documents in this shady deal and will publish them soon…
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