{"id":146062,"date":"2015-06-15T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T08:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=146062"},"modified":"2015-06-28T19:32:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T14:02:55","slug":"mahinda-has-assured-that-he-will-stop-all-corruption-if-he-comes-back-to-power-tissa-vitarana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mahinda-has-assured-that-he-will-stop-all-corruption-if-he-comes-back-to-power-tissa-vitarana\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahinda Has Assured That He Will Stop All Corruption If He Comes Back To Power: Tissa Vitarana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Tissa+Vitaran&amp;x=14&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tissa Vitarana<\/span><\/a>, the leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja party and the former senior minister has obtained a promise from Mahinda Rajapaksa that there will be &#8220;no corruption&#8221; under a future Rajapaksa government. In an interview with <em>Ravaya<\/em> newspaper Vitarana said;\u00a0&#8220;I admit that there were issues of corruption. We have already discussed the matter with Mahinda. He has assured that he will stop all corruption if he comes back to power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tissa-Vitarana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-146064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tissa-Vitarana.jpg\" alt=\"Tissa Vitarana\" width=\"639\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tissa-Vitarana.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tissa-Vitarana-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tissa-vitharana-colombo-telegraph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tissa-vitharana-colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"Tissa Vitharana - 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