Justice for Lasantha: Eran questions Yahapalanaya

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Former State Minister Eran Wickramaratne says he is unsure as to why the killers of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge were not brought to book even though Ministers in the Yahapalanaya Government felt strongly on the matter.

Responding to a question posed during a live discussion on Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa and Tamil Mirror on Thursday night, Wickramaratne said that he and several others in the Yahapalanaya Government wanted justice for Lasantha Wickrematunge.

He claimed that no Minister in the Yahapalanaya Government attempted to suppress the investigations into the murder.

However, he said he is unsure as to why the murder was not pursued in the judiciary.

He said there were questions raised if there was backpedaling owing to pressure from powerful political figures who are in powerful positions in the present government.

“Theses are questions to what we don’t know the answers to,” he said.

Wickramaratne said that even if politicians attempt to protect politicians the system must go beyond politicians.

The founding Editor of The Sunday Leader newspaper was killed while he was on his way to office on January 8, 2009.

The Yahapalanaya Government had launched fresh investigations into the murder but no one was found guilty over the murder so far. (Easwaran Rutnam)

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Jacob Saturday, 08 January 2022 01:37 PM

According to whom yahapalana chief (RW) was accusing for the murder from the time it happened, they did not have to go beyond the yahapalana cabinet in search of the killer.

Iwazaru Saturday, 08 January 2022 01:40 PM

Mr. Wickramaratne, it was due to deals. It will happen again if the SJB comes to power. The only solution to bring the culprits to justice is to vote JVP.

Comic Saturday, 08 January 2022 01:41 PM

There was no firm demand by any in the Yahapalana Govt. or even any threat to resign from the Govt.for failure to pursue this Case or other important Cases ?

Iwazaru Saturday, 08 January 2022 01:44 PM

Uncle, we remember your leader at time, let a mad man with two passports off the hook. You guys were mum at that time whereas we were fuming. Could be you are a born again type.

Ranaweera Saturday, 08 January 2022 04:36 PM

So , who killed him , it appears that no one knows for sure, if they knew, they could have gone to the courts like others. So it appears that they want to create a kind of suspense thriller out of this.

Milly Sunday, 09 January 2022 01:08 AM

Eran

Demuni Uduwara Sunday, 09 January 2022 04:53 AM

According to Gotabaya Rajapaksa- former Defence Secretary- " who is Lasantha? " " Why people are so worried one man ?"

Stink Sunday, 09 January 2022 06:50 AM

It's simply that he was a political expendable!

Somadasa Sunday, 09 January 2022 07:52 AM

Same Yahapalanaya Govt gave FM titles to the same.

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