Crocodile tears and mud slinging will not help Mangala, Sripathi

COLOMBO: It is time for Sripathi Sooriyarachchi and Mangala Samaraweera to stop their mud slinging campaign without making themselves comic heroes of Sri Lanka, a senior government politician said yesterday.

He said: “They should stop shedding crocodile tears and get on with their lives. People are no fools. They can see how they have got together with certain people who have ridiculed them and insulted them in the past. If they got any shame left they would not stoop to such low levels.”

“Sripathy and Mangala are providing entertainment daily through some newspapers and popping out of some television channels. We find it hilarious and we are surprised why their so called ‘friends’ are not advising them not to be the laughing stock.

Having tried to ridicule the Forces, the leaders and the masses they have become the laughing stock,” said the senior politician.

He warned that Mangala and Sripathi should protect themselves from their ‘new found’ friends and concentrate on other issues and not be misled by interested parties.

“They should not let themselves be taken for a ride or on some merry go round,” the senior politician added. “It is still not too late for them to correct their mistakes.”

“Unlike many others President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a practising Buddhist and I am sure he is prepared to forgive them once they correct their mistakes,” he also said.