Ready to work with Sirisena, OMP will betray 'war heroes' by prosecuting them says Sri Lanka's former president

by Sutharshan
Jul 26, 2017

Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said that he was open for discussions with anyone for the sake of the country including current President Maithripala Sirisena, reports dailymirror.lk

During his public question and answer session on Twitter,  Mahinda Rajapaksa said the current government was working to implement agendas external parties.

Responding to questions on why his party protested against newly passed Office of Missing Persons bill, Mr Rajapaksa maintained that it would be a betrayal of the armed forces  and ‘war heroes’ as it would eventually seek to prosecute them.

 

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