brand logo

Cardinal questions Maithripala’s talks of re-contesting for elections

04 Apr 2021

Speaking to the media following the Easter Sunday Mass at St. Lucia’s Church in Kotahena this morning (04), Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith urged the government to take legal action against former President Maithripala Sirisena over the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. He went on to ask the question of how a President who left the country while knowing that the lives of innocent people were in danger can contest for elections once again. "No need to delay taking action against him. We ask him to stay at home. How can these leaders ask for more responsibilities now without fulfilling the responsibilities that they already had. Do they have no shame?" the Cardinal asked. The Cardinal also mentioned that the former president has been named as an offender in the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. He said there is no need to appoint new committees to look into the PCoI recommendations again. "We urge the government to simply implement the report without any drama. Ministers who were involved with perpetrators are now in parliament today, this is a disgrace to us. If justice was not delivered before April 21, we will take to the streets," he said.


More News..