Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa recently made a statement in Parliament stating that there was blood on the hands of the protesters. He also expressed condolences only to the Member of Parliament who died there. No condolences were reported for the dead in the fuel and gas queues or for the bodyguard of the deceased MP. Condolences were expressed on behalf of the family of the late Amarakeerthi de Alwis.
In response to that statement, a list of allegations that the protesters were made by Mahinda Rajapaksa and held responsible has been posted on social media. Get that answer below.
Excerpt: From a group of non-partisan activists.
“People called Mahinda Rajapaksa, the corrupt assassin who overthrew a government, have said that hatred is in the hands of the protesters. Let’s see what’s in the hands of this man.
- Murder charges
Lasantha Wickramatunga (Sunday Leader Editor)
Wasin Thajudeen (rugby player)
Janaka Bandara Ekanayake (President of the Kelaniya University Students’ Union)
Sisith Priyankara (Student Activist, University of Ruhuna)
Akila Dinesh (Schoolboy killed at Rathupaswala)
Amila Ravishan Perera (Schoolboy killed at Rathupaswala)
Nilantha Pushpakumara (Killed at Rathupaswala)
Roshen Chanaka (Katunayake Free Trade Zone Employee)
Anthony Fernando (Killed during Chilaw Fishermen’s Protest)
Five Tamil students killed in Trincomalee in 2006
2006: 17 relief workers killed in Muttur
2012 Welikada Prison murder of 27 prisoners
Two monks of the Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya killed
2020 11 inmates of Mahara Prison killed
Chaminda Lakshan (Assassinated at Rambukkana 2022)
Attack on Gota Go village
Crimes committed during the war in the North and East
⚫ In addition, Presidential pardons for murderers such as Primalal Jayasekara, Duminda Silva and Sunil Ratnayake, as well as foster careers such as Julampitiya Amare, who had been issued warrants for dozens of murders.
- Allegations of disappearances
Lalith Weeraraj (Civil Society Activist)
Kugan Muruganandan (Civil Society Activist)
Pradeep Ekneligoda (Journalist)
Kasthuru Arachchi’s Joe Reit (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Jeev Naganathan (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Pradeep Vishwanathan (Abducted and extorted for ransom in 2008)
Thilageshwaran Ramalingam (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Mohamed Sajith (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Jamaldeen Dylan (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Amanan Leone (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Roshan Leone (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Anthony Kasthuruarachchi (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Theagarajah Jegan (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
Mohammed Ali Anwar (abducted and disappeared in 2008 for ransom)
- Allegations of abduction and assault.
Poddala Jayantha (Secretary of the Professional Journalism Association)
Keith Noyer (co-editor of The Nation)
Upali Tennakoon (Editor, Rivira)
- Allegations of theft.
Helping Hambantota (820 lakhs)
Migana transaction ($ 16.18 million)
Gin Nilwala deal (6000 million)
Sugar tax fraud (20 billion)
Grant from a Pharmaceutical Company of Australia ($ 15 million)
The Chris deal
CSN channel
Misappropriation of funds by the National Lotteries Board (18 million)
Maize fraud (25 million)
Construction of Government Corporations and Medamulana Memorial National Museum
Lanka Sathosa Sports Purchase Fraud
Fraud at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama (Lalith Kotelawala’s 100 million)
Fraud by leasing stalls at the Peliyagoda Fish Market Complex
Cyriliya account fraud
Fraud committed during the Lottery Board’s 150 stalls
Avantgarde illegal arms deal fraud
Misappropriation of cash by Milco
Lanka Puthra Development Bank Money Fraud
Money Laundering by Isuru Saviya Program of National Resources Company
Money Laundering by the Civil Service Authority
Fraud in the importation of bus spare parts
Hello Cope deal
Deployment of SLTB buses for meetings (loss of Rs. 140 million)
Fraud on the Southern Expressway
Corruption and fraud during the opening of the Hambantota port
Gold looted from LTTE possession
2012 Museum theft
⚫ The list goes on and on. What you do not know here can be mentioned in the comment column. A man whose whole body is covered in the blood of crime is still insulting the peaceful fighters who bravely came forward on behalf of the common people, an insult to all who aspire to democracy. The politics of such people should end here and the world should be shown who is responsible for the crimes committed and the blood stinks.
As they have pointed out. These allegations are very serious and teach us a valuable lesson from present day Sri Lanka that they do not end up dead, whether they have committed a crime or not, and that they recur when they lose power.