(Lanka-e-News- 17.May.2016, 7.45PM) A conspiracy to suppress the perfidious and treacherous activities including , bribe -taking , corruption and misuse of powers that raged in the Sri Lankan Airlines service during he ‘nefarious decade’ of the lawless , rudderless and despotic Rajapakses has come to light , based on reports reaching Lanka e news.
Strangely but surely it is the new CEO Suren Ratwatte who was appointed by the government of good governance to probe into the corruption and financial frauds committed by Nishantha Wickremesinghe the ex chairman of SL airlines ( the brother in law of Mahinda Rajapakse ) in league with the chiefs of the Airlines including ex CEO Kapila Chandrasena , who is seeking to suppress the traitorous , treacherous and most perfidious activities of these crooks and corrupt rascals.
Addressing the meeting of trade unions of Pilots of Sri Lankan airlines service that was held at the BMICH on the 21 st of April , the present CEO Ratwatte said , in the Weliamuna report of recommendations under the present good governance government , there is nothing exposed of the bribes and corruption at the SL Airlines.
Ratwatte who moved heaven and earth to repudiate the charges of corruption and bribery that raged at the SL airlines during the nefarious decade of the Rajapakses described the report of Weliamuna as worthless and has not adduced any evidence pertaining to the corruption and bribery .
It is well to recall during the rudderless and lawless administration of the Rajapakses , Kapila Chandrasena (brother in law of Aravinda De Silva) who was the CEO of the airlines raised his basic salary to Rs1.5 million per month . In addition he collected many hundreds of thousand rupees as monthly allowances apart from the countless perks and benefits he enjoyed at the Company’s expense.
When Ratwatte the new CEO appointed by the good government governance took office he raised his monthly salary to Rs. 4 million ! no sooner than he assumed duties , based on reports. During the discussion with the Pilots’ union , Ratwatte however stated he is not getting that high salary as alleged. Yet he carefully concealed the actual salary he was truly collecting.
Suren Ratwatte who was at the receiving end of a barrage of questions when he was addressing the discussions in English went berserk betraying the fact his guilty conscience had got the better of him . He went on using the word ‘f..ck’ many times in a fit of rage as though he had been taught only that word by his mother from the time of his birth.
Going by his outrageously foolish and shamelessly rowdy conduct it became manifest to everyone , Ratwatte who had only worked as a pilot in the Emirates airlines, knows nothing about management or financial affairs, let alone managing his own temper. It was the consensus of a majority of the senior pilots who participated in the discussions that Suren Ratwatte’s conduct was a clear imitation of that of brutal Rajapakse thugs and their rowdy clan.
Meanwhile , the SL airline service Pilots’ trade union had sent a letter last week to chairman Ajith Dias condemning the failure to take any action against the conduct of CEO Ratwatte ; the conspiracy aimed at rejecting the report of Weliamuna ; and the indifference shown towards the burning issues plaguing the Institution. Consequently , they have no faith or confidence in the CEO Ratwatte, the letter had highlighted and emphatically stated.
In the year 2008 , when the Emirates Co. was handed over to the Sri Lankan government , it showed a net profit of Rs. 9 billion . But during the 8 year period of the Rajapakse regime which includes Nisantha Wickremesinghe , the Airlines incurred a colossal loss of Rs. 128 billion ! In other words the Rajapakse regime in much the same way as with many other government Institutions during its era plunged the most lucrative Institution too headlong into irretrievable disaster .
When the good governance government came into power an investigative committee comprising J.C. Weliamuna, U.H. Paliihakkara, B.A.W. Abeywardena and B.K. Bandara were appointed to probe into the financial irregularities and frauds at the SL Airline services. A comprehensive report following a full six weeks investigation was handed over to the government.
In that report it was recommended that immediate action be taken against Nishantha Wickremesinghe and Kapila Chandrasena under the criminal code. Yet the good governance government had not taken any action so far even after one year had elapsed since the report was handed over. Apparently when one tries to be too good ,one sometimes invariably turns too bad.
Suren Ratwatte is the younger brother of Charitha Ratwatte an advisor to Ranil Wickremesinghe and a close friend. It is the view of the pilots of the SL airline service as well as the other employees that the recommendations in the Weliamuna report of the Committee appointed by the government had been today rejected based on instructions received from the top – somebody higher . It is being revealed openly and in whispers by the government party members that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is taking a lenient attitude towards the members of the Rajapakse family , and following a policy of giving in more to them .
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