{"id":131122,"date":"2014-10-01T22:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=131122"},"modified":"2014-10-11T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T12:11:10","slug":"unp-unaware-of-reasons-behind-chandranis-sons-diplomatic-posting-kiriella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/unp-unaware-of-reasons-behind-chandranis-sons-diplomatic-posting-kiriella\/","title":{"rendered":"UNP Unaware Of Reasons Behind Chandrani&#8217;s Son&#8217;s Diplomatic Posting: Kiriella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNP MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lakshman+Kiriella&amp;x=6&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lakshman Kiriella<\/span><\/a> today called upon the government to ensure appropriate legal measures are taken against Monitoring MP of External Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=sajin+vass+gunawardena&amp;x=13&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sajin Vass<\/span><\/a>, against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/high-commissioner-nonis-quits-after-assault-by-sajin-vaas\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">assaulting Chris Nonis<\/span><\/a> &#8211; the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for UK and thereby set a precedent to protect Lankan diplomats.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64137\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lakshman-kiriella.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64137\" alt=\"UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lakshman-kiriella.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking at a media briefing today, Kiriella told media the \u2018Minister responsible for the assault\u2019 should be duly apprehended using relevant criminal law provisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are plenty of eyewitnesses to this incident to which includes the Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and the President himself. If they abide by the rule of law, appropriate legal action should be taken against this Minister in question,\u201d the MP said.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to an incident that occurred several years ago in Sri Lanka involving a Burmese diplomat, his wife and a Lankan journalist that led to a murder as a result of an extra marital affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNecessary legal measures were taken regarding the incident. Criminal law does not discern state level officials \u2013 it is equal to all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also blamed the highly politicized situation in the Foreign Service that has resulted in the present plight, pointing out that 75% of the diplomats are political appointees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Jaliya+Wickramasuriya&amp;x=12&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a tea powder merchant<\/span><\/a> as the Ambassador to the US. He went there and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksas-cousin-jaliya-caught-in-the-act-ordered-to-pay-back\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">swindled millions of public money<\/span><\/a>. Although these deals were revealed by media no action has been taken so far against him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, queries were also made concerning the diplomatic posting given to UNP MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandrani+Bandara&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chandrani Bandara<\/span><\/a>\u2019s son recently \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/unp-mp-chandrani-bs-son-gets-diplomatic-posting\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a disclosure made by Colombo Telegraph<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not aware on what basis his appointment was given. Maybe he passed the relevant examination to enter the diplomatic service. What is important at this juncture anyway are the top positions and he was not appointed as an Ambassador,\u201d Kiriella said.<\/p>\n<p>The son of UNP Parliamentarian Chandrani Bandara,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rukshan+Jayasinghe&amp;x=10&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rukshan Jayasinghe<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">has been given a diplomatic posting by the Rajapaksa Government even though he has not passed the Sri Lanka Foreign Service Exam or gone through the appropriate channels.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":91293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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