Today the 14th of February 2016 President Maithripala Sirisena said that he is the one who saved former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from being sent to the electric chair.
He said that former President Rajapaksa claimed that if he (Maithripala) became the President of the country, he (Mahinda) would be send to the electric chair over alleged war crimes. “But my government was able to save him from being sent to the electric chair,” President Sirisena said addressing an event in Welikanda, Polonnaruwa today.
“It was the former President who promised UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and USA to allow an international probe into alleged war crimes”.
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera says that it was the present government who saved Mahinda Rajapaksa from being taken to the ‘electric chair’.
‘However, we need to clarify, with the statute of Rome, no Sri Lankan can be taken to Hague. We are committed to safeguard our people and address issues faced by minorities within a unitary Sri Lanka,’ he said. The minister was speaking during a media briefing in Colombo (17th September 2015).
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe saved former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from the “electric chair”, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe quipped at the UNP Working Committee meeting last evening.
“Maybe because they too hail from the Southern Province, like Rajapaksa,” a jovial Prime Minister told the UNP Working Committee members who attended the second Working Committee meeting after the Parliamentary election.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa accused his local political enemies on many stages that they are trying to take him to the electric chair. President Rajapaksa has offered to even sit on an electric chair rather than betray the troops who brought victory and global fame to his government.
On the other hand, Former Army Commander and Democratic Party LeaderSarath Fonseka said that if there are war crimes allegations against the Sri Lankan Army and somebody goes to the electric chair, it would be him.
who had saved Mahinda from Electric Chair?
Is it the policy of the New government leaders to abuse their power to help their friends?
Have they abused their powers to help Mahinda only or more?
Why was Mahinda going to Electric chair?