{"id":159263,"date":"2016-03-15T14:29:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T08:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159263"},"modified":"2016-03-15T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T09:07:14","slug":"nepotism-grows-hirunikas-aunt-appointed-as-sri-lankas-consul-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nepotism-grows-hirunikas-aunt-appointed-as-sri-lankas-consul-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepotism Grows: Hirunika\u2019s Aunt Appointed As Sri Lanka\u2019s Consul In Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe regime\u2019s policy of helping friends and family appears to have spread to the Foreign Ministry with career diplomats being overlooked in favour of loyalists and their kin.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/hirunikas-aunt-to-get-diplomatic-posting\/swarna\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-155644\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-155644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Swarna-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Swarna\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Swarna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Swarna-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Swarna+Pushpa+Kanthi+Gunaratne&amp;x=7&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Swarna Pushpa Kanthi Gunaratne<\/span><\/a>, sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Hirunika+Premachandra&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hirunika Premachandra<\/span><\/a>&#8216;s late father Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has been appointed as Sri Lanka\u2019s consul in Los Angeles, USA. 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