Hakeem flies

2 September 2010 10:59 am

SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem was offered a chopper ride by President Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon to go to the funeral of the ex-SLFP strongman and former Minister Lakshman Jayakody.

The President’s invitation to the SLMC leader to accompany him to the late minister’s funeral comes days after the SLMC high command decision to support the 18th amendment to the Constitution.

At the funeral house both the President and the SLMC leader had met Chief Opposition whip Joseph Michael Perera and reportedly had a casual chat with him.