{"id":132708,"date":"2014-11-09T17:21:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T11:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=132708"},"modified":"2014-11-22T00:06:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T18:36:40","slug":"presidential-hopeful-karu-jayasuriya-must-disclose-relationship-with-news-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/presidential-hopeful-karu-jayasuriya-must-disclose-relationship-with-news-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Hopeful Karu Jayasuriya Must Disclose Relationship With News Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of several news websites highly critical of the Government of Sri Lanka giving sudden prominence to UNP Gampaha District Parliamentarian and Chairman of the UNP\u2019s Leadership Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Karu+Jayasuriya&amp;x=8&amp;y=9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Karu Jayasuriya<\/span><\/a>, Colombo Telegraph is compelled to question him on the nature of his relationship with those who operate these websites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Karu-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-132710\" alt=\"Karu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Karu-.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a>According to media reports this past week Karu Jayasuriya now appears to be the leading contender as the presidential candidate proposed by the opposition parties, other possible choices former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Leader of the UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Ven Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera, the convener of the National Movement for Social Justice.<\/p>\n<p>On October 23rd, Karu Jayasuriya telephoned the Colombo Telegraph editor and offered him a monthly payment of Rs 50,000\/- \u2018in appreciation of the work that Colombo Telegraph does\u2019. Jayasuriya did not state for how long this payment was to be made. The issue did not arise because the editor politely declined the offer.\u00a0 The editor, furthermore, reminded Jayasuriya that it was he who interviewed him when he first came in to politics in 1995. At that time Jayasuriya had told the journalist that he hoped he would continue work towards the independence of the media. The Colombo Telegraph editor pointed out to Jayasuriya that he functions today as an independent media entity and said he did not need any money.<\/p>\n<p>One week after the aforementioned phone call, Karu Jayasuriya has been given a lot of prominence in several news websites.\u00a0 Colombo Telegraph is therefore compelled to ask Karu Jayasuriya whether or not he had made a similar offer to those who run these websites \u2018in appreciation of the work they do\u2019 or for any other reason.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo Telegraph feels it is Jayasuriya&#8217;s duty to disclose the nature of his relationship with the said websites, particularly in view of the fact that Jayasuriya was the very person who campaigned for the Right to Information and transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":132710,"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-132708","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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