කරුමක්කාර දේශපාලනය
මේ සාකච්චාව කරලා තියෙන්නේ හිටපු යු ඈන් පී ඈමති වීරසින්හ මල්ලමාරච්චිගේ දෙවෙනි පුතා එක්ක. එයාගේ පලවෙනි පුතා ජානක මල්ලමාරච්චි ජේ වී පී කාරයෝ 1988 මරණවා. නමුත් මේ සාකච්චාවේදී කියවෙනවා ඒක යු ඈන් පී එකේ අභයන්තර ගෑටුමක් හින්දා වෙච්ච දෙයක් කියලත්. විජය මරපු ටාසන් කියන ජේ වී පී කාරයාම තමා මේකත් කලේ, ඌ ජෙප්පා වුනාට කුලී මිනීමරුවෙක් කියලා. තව දුරටත් ලලිත් ඈතුලත්මුදලි මෑතිතුමාගේ මරණය ගෑනත් ඒක කරපු එකා නෙමේ අහුවෙලා වෙඩිකාලා හිටියේ කියලත් කියනවා.. ඈත්ත මිනිමරුවා ඒක කලේ තමන් කියලා අනිත් අයට කියලා දවස් ගාණකට පස්සේ මරලා දෑම්මා කියලා කියනවා. ඌත් යු ඈන් පී එකේ මිනිහෙක්ලු.. මේ සාකච්චාව කියවලා බලන්න. ලන්කාවේ දේශපාලනය මොන තරම් භයානකද කියලා හිතෙනවා
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My father got threats from the JVP. My brother and Colombo North MP Vincent Perera were like father and son but they disagreed politically.
The clash was not between Vincent and my father; it was between Vincent Perera and my brother. Later, my father’s name was also dragged into it.
Both Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi and Vincent Perera were Cabinet ministers. When my brother applied for nominations to contest the Colombo Municipal Council, Vincent Perera objected to it. Party Leader President J.R. Jayawardene decided to take a vote at the Working Committee over the issue and Jayantha Mallimarchchi was given nominations. Vincent Perera, angered over that development, wanted to resign from the cabinet. Later he withdrew his resignation stating that the voters wanted him to remain in the cabinet. The issue aggravated in the electorate and nearly ten supporters were killed in the electorate due to internal clashes. In the end, my brother Jayantha was assassinated by the JVP. The same gunman Tarzan Weerasinghe also shot dead Vijaya Kumaratunga.
After some time, Vincent Perera came to meet my father. My father forgave him. He organized Vincent Perera’s funeral arrangements. But my mother never forgave him. She did not come to meet him although my father asked her to do so when Vincent Perera came to our house. Vincent Perera then came to the upper floor and said, ‘Prema, Jayantha was like my son. Please don’t misunderstand me’. My father later told me that Vincent Perera hinted that a powerful politician’s cohort was connected to the assassination of my brother. From that day, our family believed that the assassination of Jayantha Mallimarachchi was not done by the JVP but by a JVP contract killer known as Tarzan Weerasinghe. I have no idea if Vincent Perera was linked to it.
When Lalith Athulathmudali was shot dead, my father, President Premadasa, Minister Renuka Herath and Susil Siriwardhana were at a meeting in the Unity Plaza Janasawiya Trust office. A secretary of the President gave the message about the incident to the President. He asked the others to carry on the meeting and went away with my father stating that there was trouble. My father said that the motorcade was stopped at Bambalapitiya junction and an officer who was in the police pilot car ran to the President’s vehicle and said that Athulathmudali had passed away. My father described the President’s reaction. President Premadasa touched his chest and asked, ‘Who killed this man Weerasinghe? Who did this gruesome assassination?” As the motorcade was moving, the President said to my father, ‘Weerasinghe, this is a plot to kill me.’
My father said that President Premadasa was silent and deep in thought. As he alighted from the vehicle, he had asked my father to go home in the same vehicle and to come the next morning. My father went to Sucharitha the next morning. Mohideen and Vijitha Kadiragonna had been there. My father had heard the President scolding somebody. My father asked Mohideen whom the President was scolding. ‘Boss threw away the tea also. He is blaming that politician and an underworld figure.’ Mohideen has said requesting my father not to go inside. My father listened to him and returned home. He met the President later. I think my father was aware of who did it. Later, both the government and Scotland Yard Police investigated the incident and found that it had been done by the Tamil Tigers.
A street vendor (a woman) at Gothami Road, Borella identified that person. She had seen that an underworld leader was assaulting that person inside a house located opposite her house. That woman gave a statement to police and it was published in newspapers at that time. That person’s family supports the UNP even now. That person supported my father. His parents were very loyal to my father. His name was mentioned and the commission probed him. Finally he was released due to contradictory evidence. Later, he told me and some others in Kolonnawa that he shot Athulathmudali. He was shot dead at his home 10-15 days after making that statement. We do not know the truth.
Are those criminal ‘godfathers’ yet alive?
Yes, they are alive. Those who used to be small timers at that time are now ‘big’ people. They may possess modern methods and weapons. They can kill me. But that is not the solution. Those who are linked to these crimes join each government to cover their crimes. They might have joined an LTTE government also if there was one such in existence. I appeal to the authorities to probe such killings. We can reveal what we know. Respect the right of the people to know the truth. Please investigate. Sometimes, we can be wrong.
මේ සාකච්චාව කරලා තියෙන්නේ හිටපු යු ඈන් පී ඈමති වීරසින්හ මල්ලමාරච්චිගේ දෙවෙනි පුතා එක්ක. එයාගේ පලවෙනි පුතා ජානක මල්ලමාරච්චි ජේ වී පී කාරයෝ 1988 මරණවා. නමුත් මේ සාකච්චාවේදී කියවෙනවා ඒක යු ඈන් පී එකේ අභයන්තර ගෑටුමක් හින්දා වෙච්ච දෙයක් කියලත්. විජය මරපු ටාසන් කියන ජේ වී පී කාරයාම තමා මේකත් කලේ, ඌ ජෙප්පා වුනාට කුලී මිනීමරුවෙක් කියලා. තව දුරටත් ලලිත් ඈතුලත්මුදලි මෑතිතුමාගේ මරණය ගෑනත් ඒක කරපු එකා නෙමේ අහුවෙලා වෙඩිකාලා හිටියේ කියලත් කියනවා.. ඈත්ත මිනිමරුවා ඒක කලේ තමන් කියලා අනිත් අයට කියලා දවස් ගාණකට පස්සේ මරලා දෑම්මා කියලා කියනවා. ඌත් යු ඈන් පී එකේ මිනිහෙක්ලු.. මේ සාකච්චාව කියවලා බලන්න. ලන්කාවේ දේශපාලනය මොන තරම් භයානකද කියලා හිතෙනවා
http://telo.org/?p=52846
My father got threats from the JVP. My brother and Colombo North MP Vincent Perera were like father and son but they disagreed politically.
The clash was not between Vincent and my father; it was between Vincent Perera and my brother. Later, my father’s name was also dragged into it.
Both Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi and Vincent Perera were Cabinet ministers. When my brother applied for nominations to contest the Colombo Municipal Council, Vincent Perera objected to it. Party Leader President J.R. Jayawardene decided to take a vote at the Working Committee over the issue and Jayantha Mallimarchchi was given nominations. Vincent Perera, angered over that development, wanted to resign from the cabinet. Later he withdrew his resignation stating that the voters wanted him to remain in the cabinet. The issue aggravated in the electorate and nearly ten supporters were killed in the electorate due to internal clashes. In the end, my brother Jayantha was assassinated by the JVP. The same gunman Tarzan Weerasinghe also shot dead Vijaya Kumaratunga.
After some time, Vincent Perera came to meet my father. My father forgave him. He organized Vincent Perera’s funeral arrangements. But my mother never forgave him. She did not come to meet him although my father asked her to do so when Vincent Perera came to our house. Vincent Perera then came to the upper floor and said, ‘Prema, Jayantha was like my son. Please don’t misunderstand me’. My father later told me that Vincent Perera hinted that a powerful politician’s cohort was connected to the assassination of my brother. From that day, our family believed that the assassination of Jayantha Mallimarachchi was not done by the JVP but by a JVP contract killer known as Tarzan Weerasinghe. I have no idea if Vincent Perera was linked to it.
When Lalith Athulathmudali was shot dead, my father, President Premadasa, Minister Renuka Herath and Susil Siriwardhana were at a meeting in the Unity Plaza Janasawiya Trust office. A secretary of the President gave the message about the incident to the President. He asked the others to carry on the meeting and went away with my father stating that there was trouble. My father said that the motorcade was stopped at Bambalapitiya junction and an officer who was in the police pilot car ran to the President’s vehicle and said that Athulathmudali had passed away. My father described the President’s reaction. President Premadasa touched his chest and asked, ‘Who killed this man Weerasinghe? Who did this gruesome assassination?” As the motorcade was moving, the President said to my father, ‘Weerasinghe, this is a plot to kill me.’
My father said that President Premadasa was silent and deep in thought. As he alighted from the vehicle, he had asked my father to go home in the same vehicle and to come the next morning. My father went to Sucharitha the next morning. Mohideen and Vijitha Kadiragonna had been there. My father had heard the President scolding somebody. My father asked Mohideen whom the President was scolding. ‘Boss threw away the tea also. He is blaming that politician and an underworld figure.’ Mohideen has said requesting my father not to go inside. My father listened to him and returned home. He met the President later. I think my father was aware of who did it. Later, both the government and Scotland Yard Police investigated the incident and found that it had been done by the Tamil Tigers.
A street vendor (a woman) at Gothami Road, Borella identified that person. She had seen that an underworld leader was assaulting that person inside a house located opposite her house. That woman gave a statement to police and it was published in newspapers at that time. That person’s family supports the UNP even now. That person supported my father. His parents were very loyal to my father. His name was mentioned and the commission probed him. Finally he was released due to contradictory evidence. Later, he told me and some others in Kolonnawa that he shot Athulathmudali. He was shot dead at his home 10-15 days after making that statement. We do not know the truth.
Are those criminal ‘godfathers’ yet alive?
Yes, they are alive. Those who used to be small timers at that time are now ‘big’ people. They may possess modern methods and weapons. They can kill me. But that is not the solution. Those who are linked to these crimes join each government to cover their crimes. They might have joined an LTTE government also if there was one such in existence. I appeal to the authorities to probe such killings. We can reveal what we know. Respect the right of the people to know the truth. Please investigate. Sometimes, we can be wrong.
