{"id":152117,"date":"2015-10-11T00:56:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=152117"},"modified":"2015-10-11T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T07:40:49","slug":"presidents-brother-wants-more-power-at-slt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/presidents-brother-wants-more-power-at-slt\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Brother Wants More Power At SLT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Maithripala Sirisena&#8217;s brother and Chairman,\u00a0Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kumarasinghe+Sirisena&amp;x=12&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kumarasinghe Sirisena<\/span><\/a> has vowed to get full executive powers at Sri Lanka Telecom, SLT sources told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kumarasinghe-Sirisena-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-152119 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kumarasinghe-Sirisena--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kumarasinghe Sirisena\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kumarasinghe-Sirisena--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kumarasinghe-Sirisena--50x50.jpg 50w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>Kumarasinghe\u00a0was appointed as SLT Chairman on January 23rd by President Sirisena, although he promised to end <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=nepotism&amp;x=5&amp;y=5\">nepotism<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of a heated SLT Board meeting the Chairman has said that he will &#8216;talk to my (his) brother&#8217; regarding this. 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