{"id":133074,"date":"2014-11-17T00:22:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T18:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=133074"},"modified":"2014-11-17T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T11:22:09","slug":"solheim-to-set-the-truth-straight-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/solheim-to-set-the-truth-straight-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Solheim To Set The Truth Straight Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norwegian Peace facilitator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Erik+Solheim&amp;x=5&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Erik Solheim<\/span><\/a> is due to respond against the accusations that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=10&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> levelled against him a few days ago when he alleged that Solheim was actively facilitating LTTE funding.<\/p>\n<p>After reading\u00a0Tisaranee Gunasekara&#8217;s article &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Elections, Mahinda And The Tiger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/elections-mahinda-and-the-tiger\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Elections, Mahinda And The Tiger<\/a><\/span>&#8220;,\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Solheim responded to the allegations yesterday, through a message on his official Twitter handle @SolheimDAC in which he has stated that he will &#8216;set the truth straight&#8217; today with concern to the accusations levelled against him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>@SolheimDAC<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;President Rajapaksa tells lies about me as election approaches. I will set the truth straight tomorrow&#8217;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>President Rajapaksa tells lies about me as election approaches. I will set the truth straight tomorrow: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/askRp3Y7UP\">https:\/\/t.co\/askRp3Y7UP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Solheim (@SolheimDAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolheimDAC\/status\/533939568236851200\">November 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solheim&#8217;s response via Twitter is made just a day after President Rajapaksa accused him of funding the LTTE during a rally in Kurunegala. 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