President purchases a Rs. 260m worth luxury house for the Rajapaksha family
24-07-2007 4.35pm
The chief Co-ordinator for the SLFP(M) Sripathy Sooriarachchi revealed in Colombo, today(24th) that President Mahinda Rajapaksha has bought the luxury ?White house? in Battharamulla using Rs.260m of the money given for the Presidential elections.
Being a person who played a responsible role in the previous Presidential elections as a member of the organising committee, he openly challenged the President to a public debate regarding such factors, including the transaction with the LTTE.
Mr. Sripathy Sooriarachchi emphasised that he was even ready to produce the numbers of the bank notes which were used in the transaction if the President was ready to give up his post.
?At a meeting in Nawalapitiya, the President had once declared that there wasn?t money even to spend on the Presidential elections. It is not surprising since, he had spent the money for the elections on the LTTE transaction, paying them first in US dollars and then in Rupees as well as buying the luxury ?White House? near the Parliament complete with tennis courts and swimming pools??This house was bought for the Rajapaksha family. ? he added.