{"id":161292,"date":"2016-04-25T20:58:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=161292"},"modified":"2016-04-25T21:48:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T16:18:44","slug":"maithri-promises-new-change-after-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/maithri-promises-new-change-after-may-1\/","title":{"rendered":"MS Promises \u2018New Change\u2019 After May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Maithripala Sirisena, who came to power promising change along with good governance, has once again pledged to bring in \u2018change\u2019 after May 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dutugemunu-replaced-by-parakramabahu-as-maithripala-crowns-himself\/maitre1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-155516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-155516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maitre1.jpg\" alt=\"Maitre1\" width=\"328\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maitre1.jpg 328w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maitre1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maitre1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a>Sirisena\u2019s latest change will include a new political programme which will include some crucial political decisions. Speaking at an event in Medirigiriya today, the President hinted at bringing in important measures which will also prevent former President Mahinda Rajapaksa coming back to power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will take some decisions which will prevent corrupt forces, who used state powers and assets wrongfully, to regain power back again. I will help protect the democracy and freedom of the people,\u201d Sirisena said.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized that he will not leave any room for anyone to commit fraud and corruption by misusing the state assets and if such kind of complaints were received, the law will be imposed against them without considering their status.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Sirisena\u2019s comments comes amidst increasing allegations leveled against him for following Rajapaksa\u2019s nepotistic footsteps. The President\u2019s brother, Kumarasinghe Sirisena is the Chairman of the Sri Lanka and is accused of misusing resources and also for carrying out duties in a unethical manner, while also obtaining approval from the Board for a Rs. 750,000 monthly housing allowance, apart from other benefits. Sirisena\u2019s son, daughter and son-in-law have also being accused of misusing their father\u2019s position for various benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":155516,"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-161292","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>MS Promises \u2018New Change\u2019 After May 1 - 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\/maithri-promises-new-change-after-may-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MS Promises \u2018New Change\u2019 After May 1 - 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