The Sri Lankan President attacked his predecessor stating that despite the latter having planned to bribe parliamentarians to prove his support, he failed to pay them. 
COLOMBO: President Maithripala Sirisena here on Saturday said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had tried to bribe politicians in order to show majority in the country's Parliament.
In an interview with Daily Mirror, Sirisena revealed that Rajapaksa failed to gather 113 members of Parliament in his support and was, therefore, unable to show a clear majority in the no-confidence motion passed in the Sri Lankan Parliament earlier in November. Sirisena further said that the main reason for Rajapaksa's defeat was a hefty amount demanded by the Parliamentarians which the former failed to pay.
"I heard some bargained themselves for sums as high as Rs 500 million. Mahinda Rajapaksa could not gather the majority because of such high price tags quoted by the MPs, if not for that, he could have gotten the majority," the President said.
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COLOMBO: President Maithripala Sirisena here on Saturday said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had tried to bribe politicians in order to show majority in the country's Parliament.
In an interview with Daily Mirror, Sirisena revealed that Rajapaksa failed to gather 113 members of Parliament in his support and was, therefore, unable to show a clear majority in the no-confidence motion passed in the Sri Lankan Parliament earlier in November. Sirisena further said that the main reason for Rajapaksa's defeat was a hefty amount demanded by the Parliamentarians which the former failed to pay.
"I heard some bargained themselves for sums as high as Rs 500 million. Mahinda Rajapaksa could not gather the majority because of such high price tags quoted by the MPs, if not for that, he could have gotten the majority," the President said.
More:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/wor...rove-majority-president-sirisena-1909260.html
