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Uday Gammanpila to join Pohottu rally

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Uday Gammanpila said he would attend a Pohottu rally in Anuradhapura on September 12.
  • He said he was joining to protest the arrest of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna national organizer Namal Rajapaksa.
  • Gammanpila alleged that investigators had no evidence for the accusation linked to an alleged $800,000 commission in an Airbus aircraft purchase.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader and lawyer Uday Gammanpila says he will attend a Pohottu public rally in Anuradhapura on September 12.

The government has arrested Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa in a highly unjust and illegal manner.

· Uday GammanpilaHe criticized the arrest at a media briefing in Colombo.

Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo, Gammanpila said he decided to join the rally in protest against the arrest of Namal Rajapaksa, the national organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

Gammanpila described the arrest as “highly unjust and illegal” and accused the government of acting repressively. He said the allegation against Rajapaksa concerns the receipt of $800,000 from a commission that Airbus allegedly paid to Priyanka Wijenayake, the wife of the chief executive of SriLankan Airlines, during the purchase of aircraft from Airbus.

I say very responsibly that investigators have no evidence whatsoever for this allegation.

· Uday GammanpilaHe challenged the evidence behind the allegation against Rajapaksa.

He challenged the basis for the arrest, saying investigators had no evidence to support the allegation. “I say very responsibly that investigators have no evidence whatsoever for this allegation,” Gammanpila said. “Then what is the basis for the arrest?”

Then what is the basis for the arrest?

· Uday GammanpilaHe questioned the legal basis for Rajapaksa’s arrest.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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