{"id":140400,"date":"2015-03-04T03:18:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=140400"},"modified":"2015-03-04T04:37:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:07:56","slug":"dr-wickrema-weerasooria-denies-prof-rajivas-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-wickrema-weerasooria-denies-prof-rajivas-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria Denies Prof. Rajiva&#8217;s Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential Advisor, Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria denied what Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha had attributed to him in the article \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/promises-made-without-reference-to-law-or-good-governance-principles\/\">Promises Made Without Reference To Law Or Good Governance Principle<\/a>s<\/span>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We publish below his response in full;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_140401\" style=\"width: 115px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dr.-Wickrema-Weeerasooria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140401\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dr.-Wickrema-Weeerasooria.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria\" width=\"105\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Editor<br \/>\nColombo Telegraph<\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>I refer to the following article posted by Colombo Telegraph:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPromises Made Without Reference To Law Or Good Governance Principles\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the latter part of this statement by Rajiva Wijesinha, he has said;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to other appointments, it is the Council that must decide. I found that there was no system about appointing Councils. Wickrema Weerasooria told me in 2002 that they consulted the Vice-Chancellors, which is preposterous since the Council is supposed to monitor the work of the Vice-Chancellor. He told me there was no other system possible since the UGC did not know people in the Provinces, which again is careless. This has also led to unwarranted interference by politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I deny what Rajiva Wijesinha has attributed to me in the above paragraph and I would be grateful if you carry this denial.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria<br \/>\nPresidential Advisor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":140401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria Denies Prof. Rajiva&#039;s Claim  - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-wickrema-weerasooria-denies-prof-rajivas-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria Denies Prof. Rajiva&#039;s Claim  - 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