Sri Lanka's Gotabhaya Rajapaksa charged with corruption

[Nilgiri]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37234654

One of Sri Lanka's most controversial politicians has been charged with corruption involving the illegal transfer of state-owned weapons.

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is charged with allowing a private firm to establish a floating armoury.

It is claimed the move deprived the state of more than $75m (£57m).

Mr Rajapaksa, who denies wrongdoing, served as defence secretary during the presidency of his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, which ended last year.

The charges were filed in a Colombo magistrates court by a special anti-corruption commission.

The discovery of the floating arsenal off southern Sri Lanka, and of another weapons haul in the capital, came in the days after Mahinda Rajapaksa was voted out of office.

Rajapaksa family's crashing fall from grace

Private firm Avant-Garde Security Service said the weapons were for escorting commercial ships, but police said they received complaints that the firearms were used for intimidation.

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has also been dogged by accusations, which he denies, of human rights abuses linked to the final defeat of Tamil Tiger militants in 2009.

Several other members of the Rajapaksa family are also under investigation over alleged corruption.

Earlier this month, Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of Mahinda, was arrested on suspicion of money-laundering. He denies wrongdoing.

Namal's brother, Yoshitha, faces money-laundering charges while Mahinda's other brother, Basil, the former economic development minister, has been arrested three times over suspected misuse of funds and money-laundering. He is currently on bail.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to investigate claims that members of the Rajapaksa family siphoned off billion of dollars of public money during Mahinda's nearly 10-year presidency.

The former president, now an opposition lawmaker, has also been heavily criticised over alleged human rights abuses by the Sri Lankan military during a long-running war with Tamil separatists.

@Gibbs @Godman

 

[Gibbs]

Rajapaksa's plundered billions of wealth from the country, Will take decades to recover

 

[Godman]

Private firm Avant-Garde Security Service said the weapons were for escorting commercial ships, but police said they received complaints that the firearms were used for intimidation.

The Avant Garde was run by Gotabhaya's freind Nissanka Senadhipathi (Who is also in the list of people that are being accused of corruption alongside Gotabhaya)
Its rather late as his name was even on the Panama Papers and the government should be recovering his money

Avant Garde features heavily in Panama Papers

• Leaked documents reveal Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi and three others used the Panamanian law firm to incorporate offshore company in British Virgin Islands
• Senadhipathi rejects claims
• Panama Papers list 18 individuals resident in Sri Lanka with offshore incorporations
• International consortium of scribes releases large data trove of information about shadowy offshore operations

By Dharisha Bastians

Controversial Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi has been named in the Panama Papers, which were released online late Monday.

Senadhipathi, known to be a close associate of former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, is one of 18 individuals registered as being domiciled in Sri Lanka that have been listed in documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca by the International Consortium of International Journalists (ICIJ).

Mossack Fonseca has become known worldwide for creating hard-to-trace offshore companies by politicians, wealthy investors and, in many cases, notorious criminals in 21 jurisdictions, from Nevada USA to the British Virgin Islands.

The documents reveal that Mossack Fonseca incorporated an offshore company for Senadhipathi in the British Virgin Islands.

The leaked documents released on the internet on 9 May heavily features Avant Garde officials on its Sri Lanka list as shareholders in the company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Senarath Bandara Dissanayake, Treasurer and Director of an Avant Garde Ltd operation registered in Panama, according to records from the Panamanian Public Registry, Y. H. P. Kithsiri Manjula Kumara Yapa, a retired Police Chief Inspector serving as Managing Director of Avant Garde Security Services - Sri Lankan operation - and an individual named Prasanna Athanasius Sirimevan Rajaratne are listed as shareholders of the offshore entity, alongside Senadhipathi.

The official documents reveal that Senadhipathi and his three Avant Garde colleagues incorporated the offshore company in August 2012, using Mossack Fonseca’s Singapore office as an intermediary.

Sri Lankan citizens are permitted to hold and invest monies offshore, but the incorporations must be registered with the Inland Revenue Department. Offshore investors must also submit a balance sheet of all entities incorporated overseas to the Exchange Controls Department and bring any dividends back to the country. If any of the offshore entities are not registered with Inland Revenue and the Exchange Controls Department of the Central Bank, individuals and corporations would be found to be in violation of Sri Lankan Exchange Control laws.

It is unclear if all the individuals and entities listed in the Panama Papers as being domiciled in Sri Lanka and holding offshore accounts had declared these entities to Government authorities.

Senadhipathi’s lawyers have rejected the Panama Papers revelations out of hand, warning the media to be “mindful” of their claims since Avant Garde and its chairman have already been a ‘victim of frivolous and unsubstantiated allegations’.

Senadhipathi’s lawyer said his client was challenging the media to prove that he held even a single dollar in an offshore account, as revealed in the Panama Papers.

“My client is also concerned as to why when several names are stated in the alleged Panama papers, why his name is highlighted and slandered,” Attorney at Law Nishan Premathiratne said in a media release authorised by his client. Premathiratne added that Avant Garde is paid for its services in foreign currency.

Senadhipathi’s Avant Garde is a sprawling security corporation, with companies in Panama, where Mossack Fonseca is based, and Cyprus. In his official curriculum vitae, previously made available on the website for the company he operates in Cyprus, Senadhipathi also claims he was was appointed as an Advisor on Maritime Intelligence to the Minister of Defence and National Security of the Republic of Maldives since 20th August 2012 to advise the Maldivian Minister of Defence and National Security Maldives. Senadhipathi has since fallen foul of the Maldivian regime, and his previous recruiter, the country’s defence minister Mohamed Nazim is in jail on weapons smuggling charges. CID sleuths who raided Avant Garde’s second vessel docked in the Galle Harbour in October last year, found weapons with defaced serial numbers onboard, and documentation that grossly underestimated the number of weapons the ship, MT Avant Garde, was carrying. Further investigations revealed that the vessel had previously strayed into Maldivian and Indian territorial waters.

Known as the biggest data leak in history, the Panama Papers has exposed celebrities, politicians, corporates and criminals using tax-havens and offshore jurisdictions to store wealth.

Last week, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake announced the Government would appoint a special panel to investigate individuals and corporations listed in the Panama Papers. However, verifying the information made available in the leaked documents would be virtually impossible without a forensic audit of private and corporate accounts, officials admit.

On Monday the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a searchable database that it said “strips away the secrecy of nearly 214,000 offshore entities created in 21 jurisdictions, from Nevada to Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands.”

The new data that ICIJ made public this week represents a fraction of the Panama Papers, a trove of more than 11.5 million leaked files from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Anti-Corruption Front, a corruption watchdog based in Colombo said the list of those maintaining offshore accounts included the controversial Avant Garde company, and individuals from the hotel, apparel and jewellery sectors.

“The Sri Lankan authorities must determine whether these persons have paid the necessary taxes and if taxes are not paid steps should be taken to reclaim the money,” said Ranjith Keerthi Tennakoon who serves as advisor to the ACF.

- See more at: http://www.ft.lk/article/541338/Avant-Garde-features-heavily-in-Panama-Papers#sthash.rjjo6rui.dpuf

 

[HeinzG]

Where the thread for Sirisena's bribery scandal.

 

[Saradiel]

Rajapaksa's plundered billions of wealth from the country, Will take decades to recover

I dont know about the other Rajapaksas but I hardly think Gota plundered any wealth. He is an honest fellow. I went to see him with a couple of friends he lives in a humble house which belongs to his wife. He has no properties in SL.

The Avant Garde was run by Gotabhaya's freind Nissanka Senadhipathi (Who is also in the list of people that are being accused of corruption alongside Gotabhaya)
Its rather late as his name was even on the Panama Papers and the government should be recovering his money

Avant Garde is an older company. And Gota is not charged for any corruption , read what he is charged with. The government after looking for any thing to charge Gota now left with nothing, comes with this this one.

First Gota started Rakna Lanka Ltd and then Rakna Lanka offers the services to patrol off shore to this avant garde. The navy can never do that job. Navy is for the service of SL. And Avant garde provided excellent opportunities for retired armed forces people. Avantgarde was a successful sri lankan company which paid a lot of tax.

UNP is run by idiots and hence the country too is run by idiots

 

[Godman]

I dont know about the other Rajapaksas but I hardly think Gota plundered any wealth. He is an honest fellow. I went to see him with a couple of friends he lives in a humble house which belongs to his wife. He has no properties in SL.

I agree Gota isn't the type that steals for himself but his friendship with Senadhipathi will ruin his reputation on this side

Avant Garde is an older company. And Gota is not charged for any corruption , read what he is charged with. The government after looking for any thing to charge Gota now left with nothing, comes with this this one.

First Gota started Rakna Lanka Ltd and then Rakna Lanka offers the services to patrol off shore to this avant garde. The navy can never do that job. Navy is for the service of SL. And Avant garde provided excellent opportunities for retired armed forces people. Avantgarde was a successful sri lankan company which paid a lot of tax.

I thought of Avant Garde the same before Nissanka's name appeared in the Panama papers, its rather obvious he is not very honest.
Its Gota's fault for helping them, corruption of the Rajapaksa family is leagues ahead of all the corruption of past present governments. As Gota doesn't have any direct corruption allegations he will escape and MR too because of his Ex-President status but Namal ,Yoshitha ,Basil ,Yoshitha's Grandma ,MR's Bro-in-law ,Namals' Airhostess etc are all going to face some searious problems now. I doubt they will push too hard against Gota as he is not involved in Politics and is respected due to his war time service.

 

[Saradiel]

his friendship with Senadhipathi

what is wrong with being friends with him? Gota is not Senadipathi's onl friend and he has friends in all political parties. He has given money for election for all parties. That is how things work. And it is not only Senadipathi, all businessmen in SL do that. If I am a high profile businessmen i too would do that. Otherwise i cannot survive.

I thought of Avant Garde the same before Nissanka's name appeared in the Panama papers, its rather obvious he is not very honest.
Its Gota's fault for helping them, corruption of the Rajapaksa family is leagues ahead of all the corruption of past present governments. As Gota doesn't have any direct corruption allegations he will escape and MR too because of his Ex-President status but Namal ,Yoshitha ,Basil ,Yoshitha's Grandma ,MR's Bro-in-law ,Namals' Airhostess etc are all going to face some searious problems now. I doubt they will push too hard against Gota as he is not involved in Politics and is respected due to his war time service.

I hardly think any of the wrong doers of the past government would be punished. Except Rajapaksas all the others have joined this government. Between the one who faces the real big challenge is Sirisena after that revealation from Ausi media

Between having your name in Panama papers does not make u a wrong doer. It just means u have deposited ur money there

 

[Godman]

what is wrong with being friends with him? Gota is not Senadipathi's onl friend and he has friends in all political parties. He has given money for election for all parties. That is how things work. And it is not only Senadipathi, all businessmen in SL do that. If I am a high profile businessmen i too would do that. Otherwise i cannot survive.



I hardly think any of the wrong doers of the past government would be punished. Except Rajapaksas all the others have joined this government. Between the one who faces the real big challenge is Sirisena after that revealation from Ausi media

Between having your name in Panama papers does not make u a wrong doer. It just means u have deposited ur money there

I don't see ahy issue with the friendship but if this turns out like CSN the Gota's name would be tranished.
Rajapaksa's used top businessmen and companies for money laundering.
Nishantha Ranatunga and Dilith Jayaweera are a few examples, Dilith is escaping because Police doesn't know how to investgate his stock market related activities and SEC isn't very interested in investigating those .
But CSN is already cornered.

I am not going to jump and say Avant garde is corrupt but I have searious doubts about them now and Gota will be thrown alongside the rest of the Rajapaksa family if a single trace of corruption is found with Avant Garde and Senadhipathi.
The Chamal Rajapaksa is the only one who would be able to keep is name 100% clean

 

[Saradiel]

Rajapaksa's used top businessmen and companies for money laundering.

where? proof? any proper investigation?

Nishantha Ranatunga and Dilith Jayaweera are a few examples, Dilith is escaping because Police doesn't know how to investgate his stock market related activities and SEC isn't very interested in investigating those .
But CSN is already cornered.

where? proof? any proper investigation? what happened to CSN?
how is dilith escaping? HIs media are still pro Rajapaksa, if he has any such threats that is hardly what he would do.
And why dont u mention nishantha? Isnt he safe because Arjuna is protecting him?

I am not going to jump and say Avant garde is corrupt but I have searious doubts about them now and Gota will be thrown alongside the rest of the Rajapaksa family if a single trace of corruption is found with Avant Garde and Senadhipathi.

Avantgarde and Rakna Lakna are very good business initiatives. And read what you your self is pasting, Gota is not charged for corruption but letting go a chance for SL navy to make money which is again a such a stupid charge.

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ගෝටාභය රාජපක්ෂ පෞද්ගලික ආයතනයකට මුහුදු අවි ආරක්ෂණ ව්‍යාපාර අවස්ථාව ලබා දීම හරහා රටට රුපියල් බිලියන 11.14ක් අහිමිකලා යයි විහිලු සපයන්නේ තිබෙන රජය යටතේ ඇති ව්‍යාපාරත් පෞද්ගලික අංශයට දෙන්නට පොරකන මෙවැනි ආන්ඩුවකි.

රජයක් හා පෞද්ගලික ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකු අතර ව්‍යාපාරික විඥානය අතින් පැහදිලි වෙනසක් ඇත. පෞද්ගලික ව්‍යාපාරිකයා ව්‍යාපාර අවස්ථා හඳුනාගනියි. රජය කල යුත්තේ හා සමාන්‍යයෙන් කෙරෙන්නේ එම සංකල්පය නීතිවිරෝදී නොවේ නම් ව්‍යාපාරය පවත්වාගෙන යාමට අවශ්‍ය රෙගුලාසි සකස් කොට ව්‍යාපාරය නීතිගත කොට ව්‍යාපාරයෙන් බදු අය කිරීමයි. රජයේ ආදායම ලැබෙන්නේ බදු හරහායි.

සෝමාලියාවේ මුහුදු කොල්ල කරුවන්ගෙන් ආරක්ෂාවීම සඳහා අවිගත් මුහුදු ආරක්ෂකයන් යොදා ගැනීම දැනට වසර කිහිපයකට පෙර බොහෝ නැව් සමාගම් පටන් ගත් අලුත් පුරුද්දකි. ඔවුනට තිබුන ප්‍රශ්ණය පිළිගත් වරායකට මෙම අවි සමඟ ඇතුලු වීමට නැව් වලට අවසර නොලැබීමයි. අවන්ගාර්ඩ් ව්‍යාපාරික අවස්ථාවක් ලෙස හඳුනාගත්තේ මෙයයි. ඔවුන්ගේ විසඳුම වූයේ ලංකාවේ දකුණු මුහුදු තීරයේ පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවක් පවත්වාගෙන යාමයි. එම ගබඩාව පසුකර සිංගප්පූරුව, චීනය, ජපානය, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව වනි පෙරදිග වරායවලට යන නැව් වලට තම අවි අවන්ගාර්ඩ් අවි ගබඩාවට බාර දී යා හැකිය. ආපසු එන ගමන් ඔවුන් නැවත අවි ලබා ගනිති, මේ වෙනුවෙන් අවන්ගාර්ඩ් සමාගම ගාස්තුවක් අයකරයි. එම මුදලින් කොටසක් බදු වශයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට ගෙවනු ලැබෙයි. පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවක් තුලින් මුහුදු අවි ආරක්ෂණය කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපාර සංකල්පය සරලව කියනවානම් එයයි.

මෙම සංකල්පය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමටනම් යමෙක් පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවකට එහෙමත් නැත්නම් නැවකට හා අනෙක් අවශ්‍ය යටිතල පහසුකම් වලට අයෝජනය කල යුතුය. මේ සඳහා බිලියන කිහිපයක් වැයවෙයි.

දකුණු මුහුදේ පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවක් යොදාගෙන මුහුදු අවි ආරක්ෂණය මෙතෙක් ලංකාවේ පැවති ව්‍යාපාරයක් නොවේ. එය අලුත්ම සංකල්පයකි. මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය ආරම්භ කිරීමට රජයේ මුදල් සතයක්වත් අයෝජනය කොට නැති අතර අවන්ගාර්ඩ් ආයතය රුපියල් බිලියන 2ක් ආයෝජනය කොට එම ව්‍යාපාරය ආරම්භ කොට ඇත. ඉන්පසුව විශ්‍රාමික රණවිරුවන් දහස් ගනනකට රැකියා අවස්ථා උත්පාදනය කරමින් නීත්‍යානුකූලව රජයට බිලියන ගනනාවක බදු මුදල් ගෙවා ඇත.

මෙම ව්‍යාපාරයට අවසර දුන්නායැයි ගොටාභය රාජපක්ෂට නඩු දමන අල්ලස් කොමිසමේ දිල් රුක්ෂී නොනාගේ තර්කය පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය පුරා අවන්ගාර්ඩ් ඉපයු ආදායම රජයට අහිමි වූ අදායමක් බවයි. මෙය පුදුමාකාර තර්කයකි. අවන්ගාර්ඩ් රුපියල් බිලියන 2 ක් පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවකට ආයෝජනය නොකරන්නට කොහොමටවත් මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය ආරම්බ වන්නේ නැත . රජය කිසිදිනක රුපියල් බිලියන 2 ක් වියදම්කොට මෙවැනි ව්‍යාපාරයකට අත ගසන්නේ නැත. ඒ නිසා අවන්ගාර්ඩ් සමාගම මෙම ව්‍යාපාරයට අත නොගසන්නට රජයට බදු වශයෙන් සතයක් වත් ලබෙන්නේ නැත. විශ්‍රාමික රණ විරුවන් රැසකට රැකියා අවස්ථා පෑදෙන්නේත් නැත.

එසේ නොවූවානම් පසුගිය වසර ගනාවක් පුරා රජයට රුපියල් බිලියන ගනනාවක බදු ආදායමක් මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය හරහා ලැබෙන්නේද නැත.

මෙය තේරුම් ගැනීම සඳහා දකුණු මුහුදේම තිබෙන තවත් බොහෝ දෙනෙකු දැනටමත් දන්නා තවත් ව්‍යාපාරික අවස්ථාවක් දෙස බලමු.

හම්බන්තොට වරායට මුහුදු සැතපුම් 9 පමන එපිටින් ඇති ප්‍රධාන නැව් මාර්ගයේ දිනකට නැව් 400 පමන ගමන් කරයි. මෙම නැව් බොහෝමයට තෙල්, වතුර අහාර යන මගින් ලබා ගැනීමට කැමත්ත ඇතත් ප්‍රධාන නැව් මාර්ගයෙන් ඉවත්ව මුහුදු සැතපුම 9ක් ගෙවා හම්බන්තොට වරායට එන්නට කාලය යොදවන්නට බොහෝ නැව් සමාගම් අකමැතිය. ඒ ඔවුන්ට කාලය බොහෝ වටින නිසාය. පාවෙන තෙල් ගබඩාවක් එම නැව් මාර්ගයේ පිහිටුවා ඇත්නම් ඒ මගින් තෙල් පමනක් නොව වතුර හා ආහාර මේ නැව් වලට සපයා විශාල මුදල උපයා ගත හැක. රජය මෙය වසර ගනනාවක සිට දන්නා කරුණකි. එහෙත් බිලියන ගනනාවක අයෝජනයක් කොට මෙවැනි පාවෙන තෙල් ගබඩාවක් පිහිටුවා අලුත්ම ව්‍යාපාරයකට අත ගසන්නට තවමත් රජය හෝ ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකු ඉදිරිපත් වී නැත.

අවන්ගාර්ඩ් පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාව පටන් ගත් දාම වෙනත් යම් ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකු පාවෙන තෙල් ගබඩාවක්ද ඒ අසලම පිහිටුවූවානම් මේ වන විට එම සමාගමත් රුපියල් බිලියන ගනනාවක් ආදායම් උපයා ඉන් නිසි කොටසක් බදු වශයෙන් රජයටද ගෙවා තිබෙනු ඇත.

ගෝටා වරාය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම්ව නොසිටියේ ඔහුගේ වාසනාවටය. නැත්නම් රටට ආදායම් ලබන්නට කියා ඒ ව්‍යාපාරයත් අරඹා දිල් රුක්ෂීගෙන් තවත් නඩුවක් දමා ගන්නට තිබුනි

ඉංජිනේරු -සංජය අමරතුංග

I am not going to jump and say Avant garde is corrupt but I have searious doubts about them now and Gota will be thrown alongside the rest of the Rajapaksa family if a single trace of corruption is found with Avant Garde and Senadhipathi.

LOL Sri Lankan politicains are a corrupt lot to the core. Gota is a clean fellow when it comes to money. As if we have a history of dumpting politicians when there were even a single trace of corruption.....hello do you know what Ausi media revealed about MY3?
And for you to know, SL had to bear a loss of 4 BILLION Rs thanks to RW's and CBK's stupidity in not constructing power stations

read this well

මෙම ව්‍යාපාරයට අවසර දුන්නායැයි ගොටාභය රාජපක්ෂට නඩු දමන අල්ලස් කොමිසමේ දිල් රුක්ෂී නොනාගේ තර්කය පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය පුරා අවන්ගාර්ඩ් ඉපයු ආදායම රජයට අහිමි වූ අදායමක් බවයි. මෙය පුදුමාකාර තර්කයකි. අවන්ගාර්ඩ් රුපියල් බිලියන 2 ක් පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවකට ආයෝජනය නොකරන්නට කොහොමටවත් මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය ආරම්බ වන්නේ නැත . රජය කිසිදිනක රුපියල් බිලියන 2 ක් වියදම්කොට මෙවැනි ව්‍යාපාරයකට අත ගසන්නේ නැත. ඒ නිසා අවන්ගාර්ඩ් සමාගම මෙම ව්‍යාපාරයට අත නොගසන්නට රජයට බදු වශයෙන් සතයක් වත් ලබෙන්නේ නැත. විශ්‍රාමික රණ විරුවන් රැසකට රැකියා අවස්ථා පෑදෙන්නේත් නැත.

එසේ නොවූවානම් පසුගිය වසර ගනාවක් පුරා රජයට රුපියල් බිලියන ගනනාවක බදු ආදායමක් මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය හරහා ලැබෙන්නේද නැත.

 

[Godman]

where? proof? any proper investigation? what happened to CSN?
how is dilith escaping? HIs media are still pro Rajapaksa, if he has any such threats that is hardly what he would do.
And why dont u mention nishantha? Isnt he safe because Arjuna is protecting him?

CSN investigations are going ahead.
http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/08/10/local/90149
I did mention Nishantha there

Avantgarde and Rakna Lakna are very good business initiatives. And read what you your self is pasting, Gota is not charged for corruption but letting go a chance for SL navy to make money which is again a such a stupid charge.

LOL Sri Lankan politicains are a corrupt lot to the core. Gota is a clean fellow when it comes to money. As if we have a history of dumpting politicians when there were even a single trace of corruption.....hello do you know what Ausi media revealed about MY3?
And for you to know, SL had to bear a loss of 4 BILLION Rs thanks to RW's and CBK's stupidity in not constructing power stations

I did not accuse Gota of being corrupt anywhere, I only said that his name will be affected if Avant Garde is found engaged in corrupt activities. I my self respect Gota unlike the rest of the of the Rajapaksas.

මෙම ව්‍යාපාරයට අවසර දුන්නායැයි ගොටාභය රාජපක්ෂට නඩු දමන අල්ලස් කොමිසමේ දිල් රුක්ෂී නොනාගේ තර්කය පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය පුරා අවන්ගාර්ඩ් ඉපයු ආදායම රජයට අහිමි වූ අදායමක් බවයි. මෙය පුදුමාකාර තර්කයකි. අවන්ගාර්ඩ් රුපියල් බිලියන 2 ක් පාවෙන අවි ගබඩාවකට ආයෝජනය නොකරන්නට කොහොමටවත් මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය ආරම්බ වන්නේ නැත . රජය කිසිදිනක රුපියල් බිලියන 2 ක් වියදම්කොට මෙවැනි ව්‍යාපාරයකට අත ගසන්නේ නැත. ඒ නිසා අවන්ගාර්ඩ් සමාගම මෙම ව්‍යාපාරයට අත නොගසන්නට රජයට බදු වශයෙන් සතයක් වත් ලබෙන්නේ නැත. විශ්‍රාමික රණ විරුවන් රැසකට රැකියා අවස්ථා පෑදෙන්නේත් නැත.

එසේ නොවූවානම් පසුගිය වසර ගනාවක් පුරා රජයට රුපියල් බිලියන ගනනාවක බදු ආදායමක් මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය හරහා ලැබෙන්නේද නැත.

I don't support the way Avant Garde was nationalized, the nationalization was forced and has yet to be properly justified. Even with corruption companies aren't forcibly nationalized like that.

 

[Saradiel]

how is Gota's name is affected if Avant garde engaged in corrupt activities? what connection gota has with avant garde?
DO you know Thilak Marapana was Avant garde's lawyer and how Senadhipathi went trips with Wijedasa?

Dont you realize due to politics,this government is destroying Avant garde and gota is targetted for mere politics?

I don't support the way Avant Garde was nationalized, the nationalization was forced and has yet to be properly justified. Even with corruption companies aren't forcibly nationalized like that.

I am not talking about the nationalisation, but how the government is charging Gota on baseless arguments when truly he should be commended.

 

[Godman]

how is Gota's name is affected if Avant garde engaged in corrupt activities? what connection gota has with avant garde?
DO you know Thilak Marapana was Avant garde's lawyer and how Senadhipathi went trips with Wijedasa?

Dont you realize due to politics,this government is destroying Avant garde and gota is targetted for mere politics?

Yep, but its Gota the target here. They would be ignored and Gota will be target for all the mud slinging. Thats what I am saying here

I am not talking about the nationalisation, but how the government is charging Gota on baseless arguments when truly he should be commended.

The same thing i said above

 

[HeinzG]

Yep, but its Gota the target here. They would be ignored and Gota will be target for all the mud slinging. Thats what I am saying here


The same thing i said above

Sad to see such a good argument boiled down to this level....