RW to be summoned to provide evidence on bond scam: PM

• Says never take advice from someone rejected by people 17 times  

By Yohan Perera   

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya announced that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be summoned to provide evidence pertaining to the Central Bank bond scam that took place in 2015.  She expressed this during a public meeting yesterday (31).  Prime Minister also said that she will never take advice from someone like former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was rejected by the people 17 times.   The Prime Minister told a meeting that it is a big joke that Ranil Wickremesinghe, who had not understood the fundamentals of the Constitution, the ‘people’s mandate’, is offering to teach the Constitution.   “I will never take advice from Ranil. He has been rejected by the people 17 times. He is not leaving and is still hanging on. 

He cannot understand that the people have changed. He has been rejected by the people. We are marching on a new journey. The biggest joke is that Ranil says he can teach the Constitution. The fundamental of the Constitution is the people’s mandate. I wonder whether Ranil, who fails to understand even this, knows about the Constitution,” she said.   

“I said somewhere that we need to follow proper procedures when making decisions and the country has faced so many crises since such procedures had not been adopted. We make decisions by listening to the people and considering the opinions of the officials. People never expect us to rule the country in the same way they did.