{"id":197014,"date":"2018-12-15T22:02:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T16:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=197014"},"modified":"2018-12-16T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T05:14:56","slug":"social-media-up-in-arms-against-penthouse-ravis-possible-appointment-as-cabinet-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/social-media-up-in-arms-against-penthouse-ravis-possible-appointment-as-cabinet-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Up In Arms Against Penthouse Ravi&#8217;s Possible Appointment As Cabinet Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is up in arms against UNP leader <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe\">Ranil Wickremesinghe&#8217;<\/a><\/strong>s move to give a Cabinet position to controversial politician <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ravi+Karunanayake\">Ravi Karunanayake<\/a><\/strong> despite serious allegations leveled against him on multiple issues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_180856\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ravi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180856\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ravi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ravi.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ravi-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-180856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ravi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Testifying before the Presidential Commission on the Treasury bonds issue in 2017, Wickremesinghe admitted that Karunanayake misled him on the Penthouse allegation raised by UPFA MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage who said the apartment was financed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Arjuna+Aloysius\">Arjuna Aloysius<\/a><\/strong>, the man at the centre of the bond fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>Wickremesinghe stated that he believed that the senior UNPer and former cabinet minister was telling the truth about the \u2018<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Penthouse\">Penthouse allegation<\/a><\/strong>&#8216; when it was first made by MP Aluthgamage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked him ( Karunanayake) about it and he said no. 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