The Treasurer of the newly appointed SLFP committee Mr. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is going beyond his limits. The Minister yesterday, pooh-poohed the statement of Sripathi Suriyaarachchi accusing the President of purchasing the White House mansion of Baththaramulla for Rs. 260 million with the money allocated for the Presidential expenses. According to Mr. Fernandopulle, the President or the Rajapakse Company has not bought the said mansion.
He said that Sripathi Suriyaarachchci has bankrupted to the level of making such allegations to cover up the CID investigation over his purchase of a house in England.
The Minister expressed these views at a press conference held in Narahenpita information Department today (25).
Mr. Fernandopulle further said that he learnt that the said house had been rented to a Maldivian national named Mohammed for a monthly rental of Rs. 225,000. He had enquired about it from the owner of the ASP Group of Companies, Mr. A.S.P. Liyanage. The house belongs to his wife W.R.G.S. Liyanage. Mr. Fernandopulle said that he could not understand the motive behind such false allegations.
Fake allegations were made against the President that he cheated money from the Helping Hambanthota account before the Presidential, gave money to the LTTE and purchased a property belonged to the Australian High Commission, said the Minister. He said that the White House statement was a lie targeting to sling mud to the image of the President. Recalling that Sripathi Suriyaarachchi said that he would prove the charge if the President would resign from the post, Mr. Fernandopulle said that the President who came to power with five million people�s votes would not resign and at least would not respond to a charge made by an unimportant person.
Mentioning about Lanka-e-News that published this news, the Minister said that he said in an earlier occasion that criminal defamation laws should be brought to act against this kind of journalists who create false stories He said that the handful of this sort of journalists were the people who opposed such laws.
The journalists protested the Minister for accusing the media without answering Sripathi Suriyaarachchi's statement and asked what the government would expect from enacting criminal
He said that Sripathi Suriyaarachchci has bankrupted to the level of making such allegations to cover up the CID investigation over his purchase of a house in England.
The Minister expressed these views at a press conference held in Narahenpita information Department today (25).
Mr. Fernandopulle further said that he learnt that the said house had been rented to a Maldivian national named Mohammed for a monthly rental of Rs. 225,000. He had enquired about it from the owner of the ASP Group of Companies, Mr. A.S.P. Liyanage. The house belongs to his wife W.R.G.S. Liyanage. Mr. Fernandopulle said that he could not understand the motive behind such false allegations.
Fake allegations were made against the President that he cheated money from the Helping Hambanthota account before the Presidential, gave money to the LTTE and purchased a property belonged to the Australian High Commission, said the Minister. He said that the White House statement was a lie targeting to sling mud to the image of the President. Recalling that Sripathi Suriyaarachchi said that he would prove the charge if the President would resign from the post, Mr. Fernandopulle said that the President who came to power with five million people�s votes would not resign and at least would not respond to a charge made by an unimportant person.
Mentioning about Lanka-e-News that published this news, the Minister said that he said in an earlier occasion that criminal defamation laws should be brought to act against this kind of journalists who create false stories He said that the handful of this sort of journalists were the people who opposed such laws.
The journalists protested the Minister for accusing the media without answering Sripathi Suriyaarachchi's statement and asked what the government would expect from enacting criminal
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