Deputy Minister of Justice Sujeewa Senasinghe, addressing a public meeting in the Koswatte area in Battaramulla on July 11, stated that the true intention of attempting to bring former president Mahinda Rajapaksa back into power should be revealed.

The Deputy Minister of Justice further added that the former president has said he is going to pick up from where he left off from the culture of white vans, chairmen of Pradeshiya Sabhas running around the streets with pistols in their hands, and when tourists come to the country, having their girlfriends raped and murdered.

He added that casino owners, bookies and drug dealers were given the highest of positions and one brother is the Minister of Economic Development while the other is Secretary of Defense; the eldest is the Speaker and the son is the leader of everything.

He went on to add that there were cockatoos and macaws worth Rs. 3.5 million, various species of parrots, dogs — tailless dogs, hairless dogs and even crawling dogs — and horses worth Rs. 3 to Rs. 4 million at Temple Trees.

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