Shiranthi Rajapaksa to commission tomorrow

Former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa is due to be summoned tomorrow (01st of February) to the presidential commission on major fraud and corruption for questioning.

A statement will be obtained from her in connection with an order given to the National Housing Development Authority to grant a house at a low evaluation to a former media consultant of hers, said commission secretary Lasile de Silva.

The house in question at Kahatuduwa is worth Rs. 5.5 million, but had been estimated at only Rs. 500,000, it has been revealed.

Results begin to be shown

Meanwhile, president Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday that the law would be enforced strictly against corruption.

The people elected the new government to see a fair and unbiased mechanism in place against corruption, not the law of the jungle.

He also said 2016 would be the year in which the government would show results.

What Rajapaksa said

On the same day, his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa said his temperament could not be affected by sending his sons, wife or brothers to jail.

He was speaking to the media at Kaduwela magistrate’s court which remanded his son Yoshitha and four others.

Rajapaksa said his son had done nothing wrong, adding that punishment was due for any wrongdoing.

The government has been saying that two Rajapaksas would be arrested before the 04th, he said, adding that he expected justice from courts.