{"id":48255,"date":"2012-07-13T17:42:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=48255"},"modified":"2017-03-10T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T11:39:23","slug":"gota-went-berserk-because-of-madini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-went-berserk-because-of-madini\/","title":{"rendered":"Gota Went Berserk Because Of Madini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOf course Rajapaksas think the country is their fiefdom, but this dog issue was entirely a family matter; Gota got angry with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Frederica+Jansz&amp;x=15&amp;y=6\"><strong>Frederica\u00a0<\/strong>Jansz<\/a><\/span> because of his niece <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Madini+Chandradasa&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\">Madini Chandradasa<\/a><\/span>\u201d a source close to the Rajapksa family told Colombo Telegraph. The source who wishes to remain anonymous said when Secretary to the Ministry of Defence,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=+Gotabaya+Rajapaksa+&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/span> <\/a>was criticized by a senior female member of the family last Tuesday for getting the regime a bad name Gotabaya confronted saying \u201cso, do you want to expose Madini\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48256\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-went-berserk-because-of-madini\/madini-chandradasa-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48256\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48256\" title=\"Madini Chandradasa Colombo Telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Madini-Chandradasa-Colombo-Telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madini Chandradasa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When\u00a0Frederica Jansz asked;<em> &#8220;<\/em>We were told that Capt. Praveen Wijesinghe has personally offered to fly to Zurich to bring this dog for you?&#8221; Gotabaya did not even declare the relationship between his niece and the pilot but angrily replied;\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Yes. So what? He is my friend \u2013 I have friends at SriLankan former Air Force officers who will do me favours \u2013 What is wrong with that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gotabaya Rajapaksa went berserk when contacted by The Sunday Leader to clarify and find out if he was aware that the management at Sri Lankan Airlines had taken a decision to change a wide bodied A340 scheduled to fly to Zurich on Friday July 13, to a smaller A330. The change was to be made so that a SriLankan Airline pilot, who is dating a niece of President Mahinda Rajapaksa could personally fly the aircraft that would carry a \u2018puppy dog\u2019 for Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa from\u00a0Zurich.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Leader was told by senior airline pilots that 56 passengers would have had to be off-loaded if the aircraft was changed. The pilot concerned is Capt. Praveen Wijesinghe who currently is dating Flight Officer Madini Chandradasa, the niece of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.\u00a0When asked, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, while denying that he had any knowledge that CEO Kapila Chandrasena had ordered the change of aircraft from an A340 to an A330 as Capt. Wijesinghe was not qualified to fly the bigger aircraft, admitted that Capt. Wijesinghe would indeed be \u2018passengering\u2019 on one sector so he could bring down the dog for his wife. \u201cYes they are bringing a puppy \u2013 it is for my wife.\u00a0 There is nothing wrong with that. I have every right to bring not just a dog but an elephant on SriLankan if I so wish \u2013 I am paying for the cargo.\u00a0 I have every right to bring anything I want. This is not the first time \u2013 before this also they brought a dog for me\u2026what is wrong \u2013 I am paying for the cargo I have every right,\u201d Rajapaksa said.<\/p>\n<p>When it was pointed out that bringing the dog was not the issue \u2013 but a loss of revenue for the airline as an entire aircraft was to be replaced with a smaller bodied plane \u2013 resulting in the loss of 56 passengers, Rajapaksa turned abusive.<\/p>\n<p>Using foul language he screamed, \u201cIf you write one bloody word I will sue the writer and your newspaper \u2013 which I have already done &#8211;\u00a0 I am not afraid of the bloody courts \u2013 I will sue you and shut down your f\u2026\u2026. newspaper.\u201d (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/you-are-pigs-who-eat-shit-gota\/\">click here \u00a0for full conversation<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-has-gone-to-the-dog-srilankan-airlines-and-a-puppy-dog-for-his-wife\/\">Gota Has Gone To The Dog: SriLankan Airlines And A Puppy Dog For Gota\u2019s Wife<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/they-will-kill-you-you-dirty-fucking-shit-journalist-you-are-pigs-who-eat-shit-gota-threatened-again\/\">\u201cThey Will Kill You \u2013 You Dirty Fucking Shit Journalist\u201d \u201cYou Are Pigs Who Eat Shit\u201d \u2013 Gota Threatened Again<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"\u2018You Dirty F**king Journalist, You Are Pigs Who Eat Shit\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/you-dirty-fking-journalist-you-are-pigs-who-eat-shit\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018You Dirty F**king Journalist, You Are Pigs Who Eat Shit\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/press-freedom-in-sri-lanka-gota-explodes\/\">Press Freedom In Sri Lanka: Gota Explodes<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"\u2018Keep Frederica Jansz Safe\u2019, \u2018Embassies In Sri Lanka Should Raise Her Case\u2019 \u2013 ARTICLE 19\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/keep-frederica-jansz-safe-embassies-in-sri-lanka-should-raise-her-case-article-19\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018Keep Frederica Jansz Safe\u2019, \u2018Embassies In Sri Lanka Should Raise Her Case\u2019 \u2013 ARTICLE 19<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"The Writers In Prison Committee Of PEN International Joins Article 19 In Its Concerns For The Safety Of Frederica\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-writers-in-prison-committee-of-pen-international-joins-article-19-in-its-concerns-for-the-safety-of-frederica\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Writers In Prison Committee Of PEN International Joins Article 19 In Its Concerns For The Safety Of Frederica<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":48256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[2987,2984,2983,2986,2985],"class_list":["post-48255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","tag-fedrica-janze-and-gotabhya-rajapaksa","tag-frederica-gotabhaya-dog-madini-chandradasa-news","tag-frederica-jansz-and-gotabhaya-dog-news","tag-madini-chandradasa-gotas-relative-news","tag-madini-chandradasa-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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