{"id":185988,"date":"2018-01-01T18:53:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T13:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=185988"},"modified":"2018-01-01T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T16:35:38","slug":"president-sirisena-set-to-use-sword-on-bond-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/president-sirisena-set-to-use-sword-on-bond-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"President Sirisena Set To Use Sword On Bond Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Maithripala Sirisena is set to make a special statement on Wednesday on the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) appointed a year ago to inquire into the issuance of Central Bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bond+Scam\">Treasury Bonds<\/a> from February 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-185990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bond-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bond-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bond-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Sources close to Sirisena stated that \u2018every politician, official who took part will pay heavily in an unprecedented manner.\u2019 The President previously insisted that he would \u2018not hesitate to use the sword on friend or relations, regardless of distinctions such as political loyalty or color,\u2019 speaking at the launch of \u2018Nidahase Sammuthiya (Covenant on Freedom),\u2019 the policy statement of a coalition of 31 unnamed political parties contesting under the \u2018United People\u2019s Freedom Alliance,\u2019 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall on December 28.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo Telegraph learns that not even Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe knows the contents of the report. 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