{"id":203551,"date":"2019-07-22T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=203551"},"modified":"2019-07-22T22:30:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:00:51","slug":"crazy-sirisena-says-2018-constitutional-coup-was-to-show-hes-got-a-backbone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/crazy-sirisena-says-2018-constitutional-coup-was-to-show-hes-got-a-backbone\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Sirisena Says 2018 Constitutional Coup Was To Show He&#8217;s Got A Backbone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An irked Sirisena today lashed out against\u00a0Cardinal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malcom+Ranjith\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Malcom Ranjith<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s speech yesterday at the Katuwapitiya church reconsecration ceremony, in an appalling display of his increasingly unstable mental state. Justifying his actions in October 2018, Sirisena said the Constitutional Coup was a show of the &#8216;strength of his backbone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_199471\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maithripala-Sirisena-Pic-PMD-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199471\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-199471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maithripala-Sirisena-Pic-PMD--300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maithripala-Sirisena-Pic-PMD--300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maithripala-Sirisena-Pic-PMD--768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maithripala-Sirisena-Pic-PMD--1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maithripala-Sirisena-Pic-PMD--1200x954.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-199471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sirisena<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking at an event in Maharagama this afternoon, Sirisena said it is because he has a strong backbone he was able to remove the sitting Prime Minister from Premiership and appoint the former President instead.<\/p>\n<p>It was made all too apparent that Sirisena waa terribly hurt about the Cardinal&#8217;s comments yesterday about present government leaders lacking a backbone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard the Cardinal has said present leaders don&#8217;t have a backbone&#8230;He has also told the government to go home. 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