Chamal Rajapakse officially announces his retirement from politics : Farewell on 7th

(Lanka-e-News- 30.June.2015, 10.00PM) 

Speaker Chamal Rajapakse the least crooked of the Medamulana Rajapakse lineage officially announced after the recent dissolution of parliament that he would not be contesting at the next elections , and he is retiring from politics.

Accordingly a farewell function is be accorded to Chamal Rajapakse on the 7 th at 3.00 .p.m. at the parliamentary complex. The permission of the prime minister , opposition leader and parliament  secretary has been granted towards this, and all arrangements have been made in this regard.

All MPs and ministers of the last government have been invited for this function. Sources close to the speaker revealed , as nominations can be handed over on the 7th  , the day after the function on 6 th, none need to hand over nominations on the 6 th , and hence it is believed all parliamentarians will  attend the function.  

Chamal Rajapakse who was born in 1942 is 72 years old , and is  the eldest of the Medamulana brothers. Chamal who is an old boy of Richmond College , Galle did not pursue higher education . He joined the police service as a sub inspector straight from school.  After serving in that post for 8 years , he joined the State Trading Corporation as an assistant manager. 

Subsequently ,Chamal entered politics in 1985 and contested the Mulkirigala seat under the SLFP  , and lost . Thereafter in 1989 he contested  the Hambantota district and won. Since that point of time until now , he had held posts of M.P., deputy minister , minister  and minister cum speaker . He received  the State  SL ‘Vibooshana’ award for service to the people.

During the era of the Rajapakse regime of monumental corruption , he was a main  person  who safeguarded the regime  while also safeguarding his reputation steering clear  of corruption , fraud  and murder charges unlike the other Rajapakse brothers who were steeped in all those crimes and more. If only Chamal the speaker  has the ability to cause his sons , his younger brothers and their sons too to retire from politics , it will be another  great service he will be doing to the country and the people , for which the entire nation will be ever grateful as they are  yearning for that  every minute of the day.