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7 March 2015 03:13 am - 16     - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa claimed yesterday that it was the US and the India that wanted to stop the Port City project and that the present government was attempting to do it.

Speaking at a public meeting in Kandy organized to pressurize the SLFP to field former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Ministerial candidate at the forthcoming Parliamentary election, Weerawansa also sarcastically questioned Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe whether he was able to stop the Port City project.

The NFF leader challenged the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to reveal the number of people attended the meeting he was speaking.

“This is the struggle to bring Mahinda Rajapaksa back to win the freedom we are losing now. We are not attempting to break the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). It was broken by somebody else,” he stated.

He ridiculed the SLFP parliamentarians by saying that the members of the party that has the majority power in the Parliament were licking the feet of Mr. Wickremesinghe and questioned as to who allowed the SLFP to be so undermined.

The former Central Province Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa who had attended the meeting defying the ban by the SLFP leadership preventing its members from attending meetings of other parties read out the special message sent by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the meeting.

The former President said in his message that mistakes and misdeeds had to be identified to make sure that they won’t recur and added that those mistakes should not stand in the way while fulfilling the responsibilities towards the motherland.

“The punishments for our wrongdoings are punishments while the punishment for what we had done to the motherland is a pride,” Rajapaksa had said and had pledged that he would do whatever the people would demand from him in this struggle.

Former Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara and Southern Provincial Council member Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thera also addressed the gathering.( J.A.L.Jayasinghe and Shane Seneviratne)

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  • Euclid Saturday, 07 March 2015 09:50 AM

    I know very little about environment. the Ozone layer and Green House effects when I was in Grade 8.

    Dammiika Saturday, 07 March 2015 10:00 AM

    Ha ha ha ha ... now USA

    Sathasivam Saturday, 07 March 2015 10:53 AM

    China is a Country well disepilined and politically they never interefere with other countries, even they never bother to punish any body whoever may be the wrong doers in China.Recently A multinational company was fined nearly 800 Million USD for promoting unethically their products.However some Chinese firms do outside wrong doings for the request of the outside Countries.Likewise Sri Lanka too punish whoever may be the wrong doers. High time Government should act severely.

    Ebathog Saturday, 07 March 2015 11:08 AM

    It is evident now that Weerawansa is one of them who benefited by this project.

    shek Saturday, 07 March 2015 12:45 PM

    wimal always screams. via DM Android App

    willowsd Saturday, 07 March 2015 01:52 PM

    so tell me what is the number of people participated from kandy ares only, not outsiders?

    zimbi Saturday, 07 March 2015 04:00 PM

    why are u raising your voice.BRIBERY COMMISSION IS WAITING FOR YOU

    brainmaster Saturday, 07 March 2015 04:17 PM

    Weerawansa, do you know what is a BANTAM KUKULA ?

    Mahinda R. Saturday, 07 March 2015 04:50 PM

    There is no ban on dogs for barking. So let the dogs bark,the true Sri Lankans are inteligent enough to identify the difference dogs and the real human being.

    Daya Weerasinghe Saturday, 07 March 2015 05:19 PM

    Why this guy`s not behind bars...!?

    sss Saturday, 07 March 2015 05:36 PM

    he makes sense here. the present government should remember what happened to JR. After bending to Rajiv he said Sri Lanka has no friends

    Freebird Saturday, 07 March 2015 05:46 PM

    wimal sakodaraya you are not a SLFP member. why you shouting let slfp members to handle the case. you may mind your party matters. via DM Android App

    Navin Sunday, 08 March 2015 09:28 AM

    Yes and Sri Lankans wants you to be jailed

    Amanda Sunday, 08 March 2015 05:08 PM

    i thought he fasted to death

    Amila. G Sunday, 08 March 2015 05:36 PM

    This man is running short of subjects, same old song , To attract attention is to bring in USA or the West, whom he thinks , then people will be behind him.

    gamaati Sunday, 08 March 2015 10:14 PM

    It is true that you lost the freedom to rob.


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