Mahinda facing mudslinging, but lions don’t whine: Ven. Saddatissa Thera
Posted on January 21st, 2025
Courtesy Daily Mirror
Colombo, January 21 (Daily Mirror) – A mudslinging campaign is underway against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and everyone is saying that he is whining. But lions do not whine like puppies do, Ven. Iththakande Saddatissa thera said.
He told the media that the former President shed tears after the bomb attack on a moving bus in Kebithigollewa, which claimed the lives of several children. That moment of grief led to the eventual end of Velupillai Prabhakaran in a stretch of land near the Nandikadal Lagoon.
“Mahinda Rajapaksa is not someone who cries over losing his residence or having his security officials reduced. He is a great leader. The person sent to assess his official residence must have been a mere clerk from the Assets Management Branch. He is not someone who needs to live by spending Rs. 4.6 million at Wijerama in Colombo. If necessary, he could have rented a residence at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo,” the Thera said.
“Therefore, I believe there should be someone to lay a wet sack near the bed of the current leader to wake him up and remind him that he is the President of the country now,” the thera added.