{"id":48688,"date":"2012-07-17T12:50:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=48688"},"modified":"2012-07-23T08:09:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T08:09:17","slug":"if-you-think-journos-are-pigs-who-eat-shit-why-are-you-here-to-eat-shit-with-us-pigs-ivan-slams-gota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/if-you-think-journos-are-pigs-who-eat-shit-why-are-you-here-to-eat-shit-with-us-pigs-ivan-slams-gota\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIf You Think Journos Are Pigs Who Eat Shit Why Are You Here To Eat Shit With Us Pigs?, Ivan Slams Gota"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Thursday five editors, Sinha Ratnatunge<\/a><\/span> -Sunday Times, Prabath Sahabandu<\/a><\/span> \u2013 The Island, Siri ranasinghe – Lankadeepa, Champika Liyanarachchi<\/a><\/span> \u2013 Daily Mirror and Victor Ivan<\/a><\/span> \u2013 Former Editor Ravaya were invited for a “confidential” dinner with the President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span>. Only the President, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> and Lalith Weeratunge<\/a><\/span> were present.<\/p>\n

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Victor Ivan<\/p><\/div>\n

They arrived first 45 minutes nothing of any significance was discussed. Victor Ivan then told the President instead of talking only the good of this government shall we now focus on the bad. He then asked Gotabhaya if you think journalists are pigs who eat shit why are you here to eat shit with us pigs? To which Gotabhaya replied \u201cI did not mean you all when I said that I only said that to Frederica.<\/p>\n

Victor asked; what is this??? You have threatened to sue her and the newspaper? If I were frederica I would sue you. Gotabhaya sat “red-faced” looked “very upset” hardly said a word.\u00a0 Did not at any stage deny using foul language not even having used the F letter word. The President did not utter one word. Later, over dinner he was overhead telling Daily Mirror editor, Champika, “the language used was too much”<\/p>\n

But, giving an interview to Lakbima News editor Rajpal Abeynayake<\/a><\/span>\u00a0, Goatabhaya said;<\/strong> Nothing I said was with any direct reference to her. I did not say so and so, Ms. so and so \u2014 I am doing this to you, or going to do this to you, or whatever\u2026 \u00a0I said nothing directly to the editor who called me. Whatever I said, I didn\u2019t say \u2018I am going to do this and this to you\u2019\u00a0 or anything like that! So you can see they are exaggerating and the reader, without knowing any of this background, gets an entirely different picture.<\/p>\n

When asked, But did you use foul language on the lady? Gota replied;<\/strong> I did not do so. I used words such as \u2018bloody\u2019 or whatever, not to refer to her but to refer to the incident. I never used foul language on her \u2013 but I used certain words in the context that she provoked me unreasonably, in referring to the incident, as I have pointed out above. I mean these are words that are used very commonly in America (USA) for instance, in normal usage. In fact a very high ranking officer of the American government (name withheld by this writer) met me and said about the TV programme Hard Talk and the person who does Hard Talk on BBC:\u00a0\u2018You know we are in the same boat\u2026 being questioned by that a_shole.\u2019 This person was referring to Stephen Sakur who does the BBC programme Hard Talk<\/a><\/span>. So this is very common usage, in USA for instance, and they use these words in normal talk \u2014 but these people are trying to make a big issue out of it to get at me, because they hate me about the war. In any case I used certain words with reference to the incident; I did not use foul language to abuse her. ( Read the interview here<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Nation, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa described the story that led to the exchange between the two as \u2018a non-issue\u2019.He admitted that he did swear during the exchange but claimed he was not directly using those words at Jansz. \u201cI was using the words in general terms, on people who betray the country. However, I let my emotions get the better of me and I regret that,\u201d he said. (Read the story here<\/a><\/span> )<\/p>\n

It was only the Sunday Island reported the above reported \u201cconfidential\u201d dinner, but with a spin with a wrong date. \u00a0The Sunday Island political columnist CA Chandraprema wrote; On Friday night, newspaper editors Victor Ivan, Prabath Sahabandu, Siri Ranasinghe and Sinha Ratnatunga were invited to dinner at Temple Trees. The sudden meeting, outside the regular meetings that the president had with newspaper editors was a fire fighting exercise to deal with the fallout from the blackguarding that defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had given Sunday Leader Editor Frederica Jansz. Jansz had published a transcript of the conversation that had taken place between her and the defence secretary last Sunday and that made quite a sensation. The defence secretary\u2019s outbursts are well known, but what was new was his reference to ordure and the use of the f-word. He has never been known to use such words. \u00a0Be that as it may, the defence secretary too had been present at the dinner given by the president on Friday, and his version of the story is that the Sunday Leader had not published all that he said and that the published conversation had only excerpts of the full conversation. Like everybody else Gotabhaya Rajapaksa too should have the right of reply. ( read the Sunday Island political column here<\/a><\/span> )<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> contacted three close confidents of the three editors who participated the \u201cconfidential dinner\u201d and all of them are confirmed that Victor did confront with Gotabhaya and but Gotabhaya never gave his side of the story or deny Sunday Leader editor\u2019s description of the story as Sunday Island political columnist says.<\/p>\n

Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gota Is Mentally Sick, A Family Friend Reveals<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gota Speaks Out: My Niece Says, \u2018See Maami Because Of Your Matters, I Am Dragged Unnecessarily Into This!\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Keep Frederica Jansz Safe\u2019, \u2018Embassies In Sri Lanka Should Raise Her Case\u2019 \u2013 ARTICLE 19<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Writers In Prison Committee Of PEN International Joins Article 19 In Its Concerns For The Safety Of Frederica<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gota Has Gone To The Dog: SriLankan Airlines And A Puppy Dog For Gota\u2019s Wife<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey Will Kill You \u2013 You Dirty Fucking Shit Journalist\u201d \u201cYou Are Pigs Who Eat Shit\u201d \u2013 Gota Threatened Again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018You Dirty F**king Journalist, You Are Pigs Who Eat Shit\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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