දෙමළුන්ට ඉඩම් දුන්නා කියල උඩපැන්න බය්යෝ එ
ඔප්පුවේ අත්සන් කරලා තියෙන්නේ මහින්ද.
New leaders hand over Jaffna lands with ex-president’s message.
The handing over of lands occupied by the military to civilians who held it in the northern Jaffna peninsula appears to be a joint effort though not officially declared that way. Originally it was the previous Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa that had decided to release the lands. The then Economic Development Minister, Basil Rajapaksa, had identified the extent of the land and the deeds were prepared.
Interesting enough such deeds were signed on January 6 last year, just two days before the Presidential election. A folder containing the deed on the one side and messages from the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the then Lands Minister Janaka Bandara Tennekoon on the other was readied for release.
This was not carried out after those in the Government pointed out to then President Rajapaksa that it could be construed as an election offence. Thus, those deeds came to be registered at the Jaffna Kachcheri only on January 11, this year.
So the threesome
running the country – President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – participated in a ceremony last Monday. There, they only handed over the lands to those who possessed the deed – with the messages of both former President Rajapaksa and former minister Tennekoon. The total extent handed over was 425 acres.
The recipient of a folder with the Deed on the right side. On the left are messages from former President Rajapaksa and then Lands Minister Janaka Bandara Tennekoon. Photo:Uthayan, Jaffna.
- http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150329/columns/funds-in-foundations-of-rajapaksa-wives-frozen-142051.html
ඔප්පුවේ අත්සන් කරලා තියෙන්නේ මහින්ද.
New leaders hand over Jaffna lands with ex-president’s message.
The handing over of lands occupied by the military to civilians who held it in the northern Jaffna peninsula appears to be a joint effort though not officially declared that way. Originally it was the previous Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa that had decided to release the lands. The then Economic Development Minister, Basil Rajapaksa, had identified the extent of the land and the deeds were prepared.
Interesting enough such deeds were signed on January 6 last year, just two days before the Presidential election. A folder containing the deed on the one side and messages from the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the then Lands Minister Janaka Bandara Tennekoon on the other was readied for release.
This was not carried out after those in the Government pointed out to then President Rajapaksa that it could be construed as an election offence. Thus, those deeds came to be registered at the Jaffna Kachcheri only on January 11, this year.
So the threesome
running the country – President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – participated in a ceremony last Monday. There, they only handed over the lands to those who possessed the deed – with the messages of both former President Rajapaksa and former minister Tennekoon. The total extent handed over was 425 acres.
The recipient of a folder with the Deed on the right side. On the left are messages from former President Rajapaksa and then Lands Minister Janaka Bandara Tennekoon. Photo:Uthayan, Jaffna.
- http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150329/columns/funds-in-foundations-of-rajapaksa-wives-frozen-142051.html
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