Dullas asked to gather info on anti-Rajapaksa elements in the government Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has been assigned the task of gathering information on persons considered to be against the President due to the likelihood of holding a Presidential election next year. The head of the state intelligence service has been ordered to follow the report that government ministers and heads of state institutions were keeping in-touch with the former President. The information gathered in such a manner is then handed over to Minister Dullas Alahapperuma. Alahapperuma then categorizes the ministers under A, B and C categories according to the information handed over to him and his personal knowledge of the respective persons. Ministers who are true to the President are categorized under A. The moderate lot are categorized under B and those who are unstable and likely to cause an internal coup are categorized under C. Dullas Alahapperum has commenced the categorization with government ministers in his Matara District. He has categorized his opponent Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and the President’s relative, MP Hemal Gunasekera under the C category. Dullas has acted against Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena since he is a senior member of the governing party and Hemal Gunasekera addresses Dullas as “short stuff.” Dullas has categorized Senior Minister Piyasena Gamage and the late Richard Pathirana’s son, MP Dr. Ramesh Pathirana under the C list in the Galle District. Dr. Ramesh Pathirana is accused of having a close friendship with Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. Amongst the government members who are viewed as unreliable according to Dullas are former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and his son Vidrua Wickremanayake and Ministers Mervyn Silva, Janaka Bandara Tennekoon, A.H.M. Fowzie, John Seneviratne, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Duminda Dissanayake, Maithripala Sirisena, Mahinda Amaraweera, Jagath Pushpakumara, Milroy Fernando, Dayasritha Tissera, Mahindananda Aluthgamage and MP Thilanga Sumathipala. Dullas has also stated in his report that Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has openly criticized the actions of the government and that he had told several of his friends that he would even consider contesting at the next Presidential election if he is not appointed as Prime Minster before the next Presidential election. According to Dullas’ report, the governing party members who are considered to be 100% loyal to the President are Johnston Fernando, S.M. Chandrasena, Nirmala Kotalawela, Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Duminda Silva and Namal Rajapaksa’s Nil Balaka MPs. The governing party members who have not taken any stance include Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Susil Premajayantha and Pavithra Wanniarachchi. Dullas has handed the initial report to the President and is likely to hand over the second part by the end of the month.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 08:41:10 +0000
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