{"id":184509,"date":"2017-11-20T12:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T07:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=184509"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:21:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T07:51:36","slug":"bond-commission-today-prime-minister-gets-only-full-tosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-commission-today-prime-minister-gets-only-full-tosses\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond Commission Today: Prime Minister Gets Only Full Tosses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was asked no question of consequence by the commissioners or the Attorney General during testimony today at <span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bond+Scam\">the Presidential Commission of Inquiry<\/a> <\/span> and instead was given a platform to explain the need at the time to raise money.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ranil-at-Bond-commission-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ranil-at-Bond-commission-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ranil-at-Bond-commission-.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ranil-at-Bond-commission--300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was questioned on a questionnaire by the Attorney General who failed to ask Wickremesinghe a single follow up question regarding the conflict of interest between Arjun Mahendran&#8217;s and Arjun Aloysius&#8217; dealings.<\/p>\n<p>During the questioning he said that he wanted Arjun Aloysius to divest his ownings in PTL when Mahendran was taking over. 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