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Tissa replies Maithri's letter of demand
Health Minister Tissa Attanayake in his response to the letter of demand sent by common opposition candidate Maitripala Sirisena rejected the allegation that the alleged agreement between Ranil Wickremesinghe and Maitripala Sirisena had been fabricated.
The response sent through his lawyer Chandrakumara De Silva to Mr. Sirisena’s lawyer Sandun S. K. Gamage said: “Few days prior to December 22, 2014, my client received a document which he found to be the agreement signed between your client and Mr. Wickremesinghe dated November 1, 2014. On a reading of the said document my client realized that his fears as regards concessions jeopardizing the national security and the unitary state had been included in the said agreement so as to appease those who are espousing federalism and/or separatism.
My Client was also surprised that this document has not been revealed to the public. He as a patriotic politician and as an ordinary citizen of the country was convinced that it was his duty to reveal the contents of the said document to the public, as it was a matter of national security and threat to a Unitary State.
“As a former General Secretary of the United National Party for eight years and a Member of Parliament since 1989 my client is familiar with the signatures of Mr. Wickremesinghe as well as of your client in as much as your client was the former General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and a former Cabinet Minister. Therefore he has no reason to doubt the authenticity of the said document, more so as the contents of the said Agreement referred to in the 2nd paragraph of your letter, had been the subject of discussion referred to above at which discussions both your client and Mr. Wickremesinghe and other opposition political leaders were present.
“My client totally denies that the agreement referred to in your letter had been ‘concocted’ or ‘fabricated’ by my client. Further my client reserves the right to sue your client inter alia for damages or defaming him by falsely alleging that my client concocted or fabricated the said agreement and giving the same wide publicity in the print and electronic media.
“My client specifically states that he disclosed the said document and its contents purely with a bona fide intention in the National Interest in fulfillment of his duty as a patriotic politician and as a citizen to apprise the public of its contents especially at this juncture. My client also notes that your client has not denied the existence of an agreement between Mr. Wickremesinghe and your client but had merely stated that this particular agreement is ‘not the agreement’ between them.”
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