Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today told Parliament that information related to certain activities of former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda will be revealed in the future.
Speaking during the second day of the debate on the 19th Amendment to the constitution, the Prime Minister accused Karannagoda, who served as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Japan, of telling lies.
Wickremesinghe was responding to a comment made by opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa that Sri Lanka had sent troops to Japan following the tsunami.
Weerawansa said that the Prime Minister had misled Parliament by claiming that troops sent to Nepal following the earthquake last weekend, was the first Sri Lankan military team sent to a foreign country to assist in disaster recovery operations.
The National Freedom Front Leader said that when Karannagoda was Ambassador to Japan, he had made arrangements for a military team to be sent to Japan following the devastating tsunami in that country.
Wickremesinghe however said that the team sent to Japan was on a civilian aircraft and not a military aircraft while the team sent to Nepal was on a military plane.
“I don’t know why Karannagoda is claiming he sent a team there. There was nothing he did. There are several instances where Karannagoda had told lies. Everything will be revealed soon,” the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister said that Sri Lanka should be proud that its troops, who have been “cutting grass” in Sri Lanka after the war are now being sent to Nepal to assist in recovery operations. (Colombo Gazette)
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