Dilan: Chandrika insults herself
by Uditha Kumarasinghe
Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) Media Spokesman Dilan Perera
expressing displeasure over the recent statement by former President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said the former President by
resorting to such remarks has insulted herself.
“The former President has insulted the SLFP which was formed by her
father, late Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. She has also insulted
her mother, late Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike,” he said,
pointing out that it was the UNP, which imprisoned the former
President’s husband Vijaya Kumaratunga and 40 others branding them as ‘Naxalites’,
and that the former President had once openly said it was Ranil
Wickremesinghe who deprived her son of admission to Royal College.
Responding to a question raised by a journalist at yesterday’s UPFA
media briefing, about Kumaratunga’s statement, Perera said the
controversial statements by the former President would have direct
consequences on the SLFP and its incumbent leader President Maithripala
Sirisena, not former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Kumaratunga on August 05, making a special statement urged the nation
to defeat elements trying to reverse the ‘January 08’ mandate. She also
strongly criticised the conduct of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
“The few people who love former President Kumaratunga will also
distance themselves from her due to such damaging statements. As long as
she speaks against the UPFA, its vote base would further strengthen.
Today she has forgotten the fact that Maithripala Sirisena, whom she
supported to bring to power is the present leader of the SLFP. She
should also place her confidence in President Sirisena,” he said.
Claiming the UNP cannot mislead the public, despite newspaper and
television advertisements, he said it was very clear how a huge amount
of money came into the hands of the UNP.
“People know these are funds gained from the Treasury Bond and the
central highway robberies,” he said warning the UNP to keep in mind that
even though SLFP leader S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was killed, late Prime
Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s civic rights were deprived and over 40
prominent SLFPers were imprisoned as Naxalites, they could not destroy
our party. |