{"id":135342,"date":"2014-12-21T14:49:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135342"},"modified":"2014-12-29T19:58:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:28:04","slug":"most-govt-ministers-own-ethanol-permits-maithri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/most-govt-ministers-own-ethanol-permits-maithri\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Govt Ministers Own Ethanol Permits: Maithri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Common candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Maithripala+Sirisena&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maithripala Sirisena<\/span><\/a> has stated that a significant number of Ministers in the Rajapaksa regime own ethanol permits and it is the reason why they wish for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=7&amp;y=8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> to be re-elected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithripala-Digana-20122014-My3-FB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-135345 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithripala-Digana-20122014-My3-FB-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Maithripala Digana 20122014 My3 FB\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithripala-Digana-20122014-My3-FB-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithripala-Digana-20122014-My3-FB.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Addressing a rally in Digana yesterday evening, Sirisena had stated that a large number of Ministers in the Rajapaksa regime own ethanol permits and are also involved in drug rackets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is why they wish for MR to be re-elected and for the Rajapaksa regime to continue because a change of government would mean the end of their drug rackets,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he had also added that a faction of Ministers are also working to sabotage Mahinda Rajapaksa&#8217;s election campaign while remaining within the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No other government has plundered the country in this way. 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