Former Justice Minister and presidential candidate Wijayadasa Rajapaksa says that during the last ‘aragaya’, former President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa requested him to take over the post of Prime Minister. Sri Lanka Latest News
But he says that a group of Podujana Peramuna deprived him of that opportunity.
The former minister said this while speaking to the media after a ceremony held in Anuradhapura.
“When there was a ‘aragalaya’ in this country, to calm this country and build this country, on May 12, 2022, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa made a decision and informed me to accept the position of Prime Minister of the government. After knowing that, the people of Pohottuwa got worried and quickly brought Mr Ranil Wickramasinghe and exerted pressure, and the President had to give the Prime Ministership.”
