Colombo, Sept. 12 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is witnessing “political terrorism” driven by personal revenge and a lack of discipline and professionalism, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.
On his official Facebook page, he said that he is returning to where it all began.
“As my eldest son Namal said, I have returned to my village where it all began. I travelled here via the Southern Expressway that we built. Now, I can enjoy a sour fish stew in the village.”
The remarks came after Rajapaksa vacated his official residence at Wijerama, in line with the recently enacted Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Act, No. 18 of 2025, which stripped former heads of state of housing and other privileges.
Dismissing calls made in the media for him to leave the residence earlier, Rajapaksa said he did not feel obliged to respond to political opponents who, according to him, were trying to cover up their failures.
“I had no need to listen to statements made in front of the media by a group of people who, unable to do anything for the people and who were becoming increasingly disenchanted with the public in a very short period of time, were trying to cover up their incompetence,” he wrote.
“I have learned of a statement claiming that Mahinda Rajapaksa now deserves to be hanged. Personally, I do not respond to such direct targeting. However, I wish to state that as long as I live, and for as long as we all live under the shelter of the lion flag, I will rise up—no matter the suffering—against anyone who betrays this unitary motherland. On that day, if necessary, I know well that the Maha Sangha and our beloved people of this country will stand ready to make any sacrifice. Political threats and loud rhetoric are nothing new to Mahinda Rajapaksa of Giruwapattuwa.” he added.
Meanwhile, he recalled his past role at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where he said he represented the disappeared despite facing what he described as political repression and reprisals.
