A group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) activists have filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over recent claims linked to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy.

Speaking to reporters, the SLPP activists said that it was claimed on social media that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made a request from the Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy seeking its intervention to prevent the arrest of former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. 

“Both former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and representatives of the Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy have refuted these claims, clarifying that they were untrue,” they said. 

The SLPP activists further accused the Presidential media director, Sisira Senpathi Kahawatte for having spread the false information.

“He has released some information on the matter to the media which has resulted in being widely circulated. We have also found that this information has been exchanged on social media by several NPP members in the government, further spreading it. Journalists and social media accounts supporting the NPP have further shared these,” they said. 

Stating that the claims were untrue, the SLPP activists said that this raises doubts about attempts to create unpopular opinions among the public on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, and the Malwathu Maha Viharaya for political advantage. 

As such, they said, a complaint has been filed with the CID today seeking a comprehensive investigation into the matter. (Newswire)

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The Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy has denied claims that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made a request seeking its intervention to prevent the arrest of former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. 

The clarification comes over social media reports stating that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made such a request from the Malwathu Maha Viharaya.

Issuing a statement, the Malwathu Maha Viharaya said the news report was misleading and baseless.

The Malwathu Maha Viharaya further said that no such meeting or telephone conversation had taken place, as claimed by the news report. 

Legal action will be initiated against persons or institutions that spread such false information with the aim of causing public unrest, it warned. 

The clarification was issued by the Deputy Registrar of the Malwathu Maha Viharaya, Venerable Mahawela Rathanapala Thero, on a directive of the Chief Prelate of the Malwathu Chapter. (Newswire)

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