Sources from the Presidential Secretariat say that the statement about Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa not entering politics is part of a media campaign spearheaded by Managing Director of Triad advertising agency, Dilith Jayaweera to drown the opposition raised by senior SLFP members against the Rajapaksa family.
Sources said Triad’s media campaign was launched following the mud slinging campaign carried out against Gotabhaya by senior SLFP members in the Kurunegala District as well as members of the UNP following news that he was planning on contesting at the next general
election from the Kurunegala District and the negative publicity received by Gotabhaya due to his rift with General Sarath Fonseka.
Dilith Jayaweera has personally undertaken the task of trying to resolve the issues faced by Gotabhaya by meeting with several ministers from the Kurunegala District and also organizing a personal meeting with UNP parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekera at the Golf Club in Colombo. Dilith had managed to get Dayasiri to agree that he would not attack Gotabhaya. Dilith had even taken Dayasiri for an event that evening where he was introduced to Gotabhaya.
Sources also said that Dilith had advised the Defence Secretary to keep silent for a few weeks until the campaign was duly completed.
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