President, UNP discuss crisis at late night meeting: Sirisena vows no one can topple Government
The President and the Prime Minister seen at the Walukarama Temple on Thursday night. Soon after that they had a late night meeting to settle the dispute over the President’s outburst on Wednesday.
Public outburst on CIABOC has chilling effect on judiciary, police and international community
Civic action groups question credibility of Government’s anti-corruption drive, JVP also condemns Sirisena’s remarks
By Our Political Editor-Sunday, October 16, 2016
For the first time in his 21-month tenure as President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena fired strong salvos at his own United National Front (UNF) Government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
He warned he would take action if the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) and the Bribery Commission were working on a “political agenda.” He said he was displeased and even disgusted at the manner in which former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and three former Commanders of the Navy were hauled up before the courts recently.
