By Dasun Edirisinghe

Parliamentarians Dinesh Gunawardena, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weewaransa and Western Provincial Councilor Udaya Gammanpila yesterday asked former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to stop levelling what they called baseless allegations at former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Addressing the media at Abhayaramaya in Narahenpita, Ratnapura District MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara said that former President Kumaratunga had accused Rajapaksa of being greedy for power and that was the reason he wanted to re-enter politics.

“Rajapaksa left his official residence Temple Trees even before the final result of the last presidential election was announce, but Kumaratunga waited until Supreme Court judgment to leave office,” he said.

When CBK’s tenure was over, she consulted the Supreme Court with a view to remaining in power claiming she had one more year left from her previous term as the presidential election had been called one year in advance Nanayakkara said.

Western Provincial Council member Udaya Gammanpila said millions of people were asking for former President Rajapaksa to return to politics and therefore he was ready to come back, but not a single person had asked CBK to return since her retirement.

Gammanpila charged that CBK had no moral right to work as a decision maker in the government as she had no mandate from the people to do so.

As they warned earlier, the decision makers of the present government were CBK and Ranil Wickremesinghe, he said adding that if she wanted to control the government she should contest an election and win.

“We challenge CBK to contest from the Gamapaha District and obtain more votes than Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga at the next general election,” Gammanpila said.

Media spokesman of the National Freedom Front, Colombo Municipal Council member Mohamed Muzzamil said that if former President Kumaratunga was consumed with hatred for Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was loved by the people.

Courtesy:The Island