{"id":164193,"date":"2016-06-21T14:31:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=164193"},"modified":"2016-06-22T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T06:36:40","slug":"protest-planned-demanding-arjuna-mahendrans-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/protest-planned-demanding-arjuna-mahendrans-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest Planned Demanding Arjuna Mahendran\u2019s Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-corruption activists will protest on Thursday demanding for the ouster of controversial Central Bank Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Arjuna+Mahendran&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Arjuna Mahendran<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The protest &#8216;Send Arjuna Home&#8217; at the Fort Railway Station is organised by the Anti-Corruption Front (ACF) and will also include a satyagraha.<\/p>\n<p>The front has also decided to collect signatures from the public, to demand the immediate ouster of Mahendran, and also urge the government not to re-appoint him as Governor for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, , Keerthi Tennakoon from the ACF filed a writ quo warranto in the Court of Appeal on Monday, seeking an order preventing Mahendran from holding the position of Governor of Central Bank, for his alleged involvement in two Treasury Bond issuance last year and this year, rigged in corruption.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/protest-planned-demanding-arjuna-mahendrans-ouster\/arjuna-mahendran-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-164202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-164202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna-Mahendran-.jpg\" alt=\"Arjuna Mahendran\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna-Mahendran-.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna-Mahendran--300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":164202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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