Former CBSL Governor Arjuna Mahendran should be arrested upon his arrival to Sri Lanka at the airport, the Joint Opposition urged.
The observation was made by MP Bandula Gunawardena at a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (01).
“The Government has suffered a loss of nearly Rs.1000 billion due to the Treasury bond scam, however this has not been mentioned in the COPE report,” he pointed out. Gunawardena also urged the President to appoint an experts committee to probe the matter.
He also went on to say that steps should be taken to arrest the directors of the Perpetual Treasuries Ltd. ”The Prime Minister should resign from his post, and Arjuna Mahendran should be arrested,” he insisted.
Meanwhile, former Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris while speaking at the press conference asserted that the President has the authority to dismiss the Prime Minister, if Ranil Wickremesinghe is unwilling to resign.
“Arjuna Mahendran has been used as cat’s paw, we need to figure out who was really behind this scam,” Peiris added.
