{"id":186083,"date":"2018-01-04T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T10:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=186083"},"modified":"2018-01-05T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T08:23:50","slug":"bond-scam-i-beat-president-to-the-ags-office-brags-ranil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-scam-i-beat-president-to-the-ags-office-brags-ranil\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond Scam: I Beat President To The AG\u2019s Office, Brags Ranil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he forwarded the recommendations submitted by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) on the controversial Central Bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bond+Scams\">bond issue<\/a> in December 2016, more than a year before President Maithripala Sirisena pledged to do so.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_167367\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167367\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-167367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a statement issued by the Prime Minister\u2019s office, Wickremesinghe claims that both submissions, the President\u2019s and his, have affirmed the democratic and law-abiding policies of the \u2018Yahapalana National Government.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wickremesinghe, in his statement, has thanked the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which deliberated for a period of ten months as well as COPE, headed by its Chairman Sunil Handunneththi. 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