Ashamed to be a Member of the Cabinet – Wijeyadasa
Justice and Buddhasasana Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa addressing the media at the Buddhasasana Ministry soon after he was removed from his portfolios said thus, “It is a shame for me to be in a government which is bent on selling public assets”.
Further he said, that the Government has started selling national assets for a song and he does not want to be in such a government. He was charged of breaching Cabinet collective responsibility, but by leasing out the Hambantota Port to a third party, the entire cabinet of Ministers have collectively violated the country’s Constitution.
He has blasted certain high profile politician being the mastermind behind the Central Bank bond scam is now coming to light as a Presidential Commission was appointed by the President unexpectedly.