{"id":54549,"date":"2017-08-10T12:39:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=54549"},"modified":"2017-08-10T12:39:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:39:30","slug":"history-and-time-will-decide-the-position-i-deserve-ravi-karunanayake-in-special-statement-to-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=54549","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;History and Time Will Decide the Position I Deserve&#8221; &#8211; Ravi Karunanayake in Special Statement to Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n&#8220;History and time will decide the position I deserve,&#8221; the Minister said, while making a statement in Parliament, on Thursday August 10th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From now onwards, I will continue to function as a backbencher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a conspiracy to destroy the government. I will not let them destroy the government and the party. I will protect the government to the best of my ability,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I sacrifice my position for democracy and good governance. I have always conducted myself in a transparent manner,&#8221; Karunanayake added, quoting several religious scriptures. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He also expressed gratitude to his wife and children, for standing by him. <\/p>\n<p>He said he never earned money through illegal means and never committed illegal acts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the MPs representing the House have visited my residence for various reasons. They all know how I live. Even the ones who have signed the no-confidence motion against me personally aware of the way I lead my life,&#8221; Karunanayake added. <\/p>\n<p>Karunanayake said the Attorney General&#8217;s Department official, who questioned him at the commission, was driven by other interests. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to say whether it&#8217;s for promotions or for other reasons. But in the past, even the ones who are remotely connected to a minister were not summoned before commissions. Now, under this government, the situation has changed ,&#8221; the Minister added. <\/p>\n<p>He said he made immense sacrifices on behalf of the UNP, for 32 years, and even gave an election symbol to Common Candidate Maithripala Sirisena to contest the last Presidential election. <\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Asian Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton54549\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D54549&amp;text=%26%238220%3BHistory%20and%20Time%20Will%20Decide%20the%20Position%20I%20Deserve%26%238221%3B%20%26%238211%3B%20Ravi%20Karunanayake%20in%20Special...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;History and time will decide the position I deserve,&#8221; the Minister said, while making a statement in Parliament, on Thursday August 10th. &#8220;From now onwards, I will continue to function as a backbencher.&#8221; &#8220;There is a conspiracy to destroy the government. I will not let them destroy the government and the party. 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