{"id":103851,"date":"2020-06-23T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T22:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=103851"},"modified":"2020-06-23T15:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T22:29:05","slug":"unp-strongly-condemns-the-statement-made-by-harin-fernando-wimal-says-that-harin-has-no-moral-right-to-complain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/06\/23\/unp-strongly-condemns-the-statement-made-by-harin-fernando-wimal-says-that-harin-has-no-moral-right-to-complain\/","title":{"rendered":"UNP strongly condemns the statement made by  Harin Fernando &#8211; Wimal says that Harin has no moral right to complain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p> The UNP says that it strongly condemns the statement made by the former Parliamentarian Harin Fernando and the Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In a statement, they said the Cardinal&#8217;s mediation with the government after the Easter Sunday Attack should not be forgotten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dbb\u0daf\u0dca\u0daf\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db1\u0dca\u0da7 \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0daf\u0dda - Hiru News\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLO19ILyC8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The UNP press release further states that former MP Harin Fernando has been removed from the UNP and he is a national list candidate for the Samagi Jana Balavegaya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Former Parliamentarian Harin Fernando, a National List Member of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya, has insulted and accused His eminence the Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at a public meeting held in Medirigiriya, Polonnaruwa on the 21st of this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> However, speaking at a meeting of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya Badulla organisers, the former MP Harin Fernando reaffirmed his position in the face of strong opposition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Politicians today expressed their displeasure regarding the statement made by former MP HArin Fernando regarding His eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila stated that the Cardinal appeared on behalf of the entire Catholic community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Speaking at a press conference held today, he further stated that Harin Fernando has insulted the entire Catholic community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Meanwhile, Namal Rajapaksa stated that the former parliamentarian Harin Fernando should be questioned before the Presidential Commission appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> He further stated that they are blaming the religious leaders to cover up the terrorist activities during their government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said that the Cardinal&#8217;s remarks were not biased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Former Hambantota District MP D. V. Chanaka alleges that Sajith Premadasa has made use of Harin Fernando to make his point across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nSpeaking further he said that Sajith Premadasa as the leaders should remove Harin Fernando from the national list without asking for forgiveness.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News The UNP says that it strongly condemns the statement made by the former Parliamentarian Harin Fernando and the Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith. In a statement, they said the Cardinal&#8217;s mediation with the government after the Easter Sunday Attack should not be forgotten. The UNP press release further states that former MP Harin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}