Mahinda says Marapona had told the gospel truth
The former President and the Member of Parliament for the Kurunegala district Mahinda Rajapaksa had stated yesterday the 09th instant that the former Minister of Law & Order and
Prison Reforms is a very honest person and what he had disclosed in the Parliament on the Avant Garde issue is the gospel truth.
He had further said that as Tilak Marapona speaks with his clear conscience the statement he made in the Parliament had been subjected to an uproar as it had been a controversial for some.
The former President had said that Tilak Marapona is a good gentleman.He possess a good character.It could be that he was forced to tender his resignation. He had said that if the Attorney General says there is no issue and that the Minister of Justice also says the same the what is this conflict? Tilak Marapona is innocent was proved by his confession, the former President had said.