Ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and current President Ranil Wickremasinghe were taken to the cleaners by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith in a hard hitting homily to mark the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 worshippers on April 21, 2019.
Cardinal Ranjith in the course of his scathing attack on Rajapaksa and Wickremasinghe disclosed that both men were no different from each other as they stood in the way of meeting out justice to the survivors and family members of the victims.
“I can recall how Gotabaya in a telephone call to me said that as President he cannot go ahead and take action according to the Probe report as he could not go against certain individuals and organizations and so he set up an investigative committee with people in his favour,” Cardinal Ranjith said.
Directing the Catholic Church’s wrath against Wickremasinghe, Cardinal Ranjith revealed a letter send to the incumbent President in October last year requesting for an independent probe into the April 21 carnage that was disregarded.
“He (Wickremesinghe) did not care two hoots even to reply my letter,” Cardinal Ranjith declared.
Cardinal Ranjith said only a change of government will reveal the masterminds behind the bombings that also killed more than 15 foreign tourists having Easter breakfast at two luxury hotels in Colombo.
“One thing is clear to us and that is that the truth has been suppressed by both the past and present Presidents who are safeguarding the culprits. Even the present government has bluffed us,” said Cardinal Ranjith.
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