Mahinda speaks on the "spirit fortress" in the President's house

Mahinda speaks on the "spirit fortress" in the President's house

The former President Mahinda Rajapaksa answering to the question of the existence of a "Spirit Palace" inside the President's house had denied the existence of such a palace and had quoted it as a
bunker for the high officials of the government to have secret meetings during the time of the terrorist terror.

This was added when he addressed at a media briefing following meeting participated by a group of intellectuals at the Abeyarama Temple in Narahenpita on the 25th instant.He had reiterated that at the time of the ethnic war a necessity had arisen for such a bunker for security reasons and hence it was constructed.

The youngsters have forgotten that tigers attacked from air, they had attacked Colombo a number of times and the fact that tigers possessed air planes should be reiterated the former President had further explained