Former Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said the allegations leveled against him on plundering state wealth – particularly the wealth accumulated after the defeat of the LTTE – are baseless and claims he is not even financially well-off to buy a house for himself.
“The truth is I don’t even have a house to live in still. I am trying to buy a house because the house that I currently live in is owned by my mother-in-law and she was living here for 40 years. I currently use this house because she is living in the US,” he has said in an interview with the Daily Mirror.
He has said the decision to not prosecute LTTE Leader KP was mutually agreed on by the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the three security commanders because they believed it would pave way for him to cooperate with their investigations into the LTTE network.
However, as for KP’s wealth and his fleet of ships that Gotabaya is accused of taking control, he has said that he has no idea about it because all details are with the military intelligence, some of which even he hasn’t had access to.
Meanwhile, he has stated that he believes the failure to punish members of the government promptly for their wrongdoings is one of the reasons that contributed towards the public losing faith in his brother’s regime.
Chopra / February 15, 2015
Is it a problem of selecting a house for you from many that you owe. Pacha….pacha…..pacha…
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Benjamin Bakalakakul / February 15, 2015
[Edited out] – You will soon
have a house – a prison with bars
from where you can reflect on your
past actions. [Edited out]
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Baba Uhks / February 15, 2015
Wazzzzzzzzzzzz , tickling ,sarojini ? and where?
And Rabok what did the media use , bar soap to was , an nikang palyang yande ,,
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Marusira / February 16, 2015
Hi
we know you don’t have a house in Srilanka. but every thing you have in your second land U.S.A. you cant fool every one everyday.
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F Jurangpathy / February 18, 2015
I agree you dont have house, but I assume you have a palace live
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Plato. / February 18, 2015
In my salad days,I held the view that all men/women are equal irrespective of their birth/background! The family that proved me wrong was the Rajapakse family! They are anything but well bred!
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