{"id":48578,"date":"2012-07-17T00:06:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T00:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=48578"},"modified":"2012-07-22T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T17:20:08","slug":"gota-is-mentally-sick-a-family-friend-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-is-mentally-sick-a-family-friend-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Gota Is Mentally Sick, A Family Friend Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Senaka Samaranayaka<\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gotabhaya+Rajapaksa&amp;x=9&amp;y=6\">Gotabhay Rajapaksa\u2019s<\/a><\/span> appalling behaviour started after LTTE \u00a0 suicide <strong>attempt\u00a0<\/strong>some years ago and\u00a0 as a result of this his head on the right side was knocked so hard, since then he has no control over his emotions especially anger, a Rajapkasa family friend reveals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48581\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-is-mentally-sick-a-family-friend-reveals\/untitled-1-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48581\" class=\" wp-image-48581 \" title=\"Untitled-1 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Untitled-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Untitled-1-copy.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Untitled-1-copy-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willa and DEW<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last Sunday, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=+Willa+Wickramasinghe&amp;x=7&amp;y=9\">Willa Wickramasinghe<\/a><\/span> a businessman and a close confidant of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=13&amp;y=1\">President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span><strong> <\/strong>visited a private hospital to check on an aged female family friend whom he had known for years and who was well versed in political matters in the country. During the visit which lasted for about an hour many interesting topics were discussed. The discussion then turned on to the latest media glare that spilt news on Secretary to the Ministry of Defence <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=puppy&amp;x=10&amp;y=7\">Gotabhya\u2019s puppy<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It was alarming to note that there was not a hint of remorse or a feeling of shame from this gentleman for the disgusting manner in which the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence replied to the Sunday Leader editor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Frederica+Jansz&amp;x=11&amp;y=8\">Frederica Jansz<\/a><\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><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\/\">called him to verify facts<\/a><\/span>. This is despite the fact that the ailing patient went on and on to explain that such behaviour was not welcomed from a person from that caliber and position. She further mentioned that if such threats were made publicly by any other person he or she would have been sued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48586\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-is-mentally-sick-a-family-friend-reveals\/gothabhaya-after-ltte-attack-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48586\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48586\" title=\"Gothabhaya after LTTE attack Colombo Telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Gothabhaya-after-LTTE-attack-Colombo-Telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Gothabhaya-after-LTTE-attack-Colombo-Telegraph.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Gothabhaya-after-LTTE-attack-Colombo-Telegraph-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gotabhaya just after the LTTE attack - As a result of the attack his head on the right side was knocked so hard and since then he has no control over his emotions especially anger<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whilst any person with an iota of intellect would consider this tantamount to pure intimidation and threats as the person concerned is not just any one but a man of authority and power. It is hard to imagine that this senior citizen with all his left oriented ideas and years of experience, trying to whitewash Gota\u2019s outrage by making an excuse, mentioning an attempted assassination which was blamed on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=LTTE&amp;x=13&amp;y=4\">LTTE<\/a><\/span> in 2006. It\u2019s a fact that we all know that he escaped unhurt from this ordeal whilst two commandos were killed instantly. But he went on to justify his appalling behaviour saying \u201cthis is a result of the Secretary\u2019s brush with death during the attempted suicide some years ago.\u00a0 As a result of his head on the right side was knocked so hard and since then he has no control over his emotions especially anger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding insult to injury he stated that he can\u2019t imagine why the Gotabhaya Rajapaksa bothered to answer the call knowing very well that the caller was this woman journalist. He said \u201ca man of such high position should have a person to monitor incoming telephone calls and only calls that are important should be answered by him\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This discussion was later joined by the senior Minister <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=DEW+Gunasekara&amp;x=13&amp;y=3\">DEW Gunasekara<\/a><\/span> who was very sympathetic towards the Secretary saying \u201cIn <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-speaks-out-my-niece-says-see-maami-because-of-your-matters-i-am-dragged-unnecessarily-into-this\/\">the interview which he has given to the media today<\/a><\/span> he had admitted that he lost his temper\u201d, implying we have to excuse this poor man\u2019s behaviour no matter what and that Sunday Leader is only making a big drama out of the whole episode.<\/p>\n<p>This reflects how senior citizens and people holding responsible positions who\u00a0 brag themselves to be\u00a0 leftists not only trying to justify but try to deny the fact that Defence Ministry \u00a0Secretary is not to be blamed for his improper conduct and\u00a0 trying\u00a0 to divert blame elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":48586,"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":[2978,2956,3030,3029],"class_list":["post-48578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","tag-federica-jansz-gotabhya-dogs-news","tag-gota-and-puppy-for-his-wife","tag-gota-is-mentally-sick-news","tag-gota-is-mentally-unstable-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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