There is a move to damage my reputation and goodwill- Gotabaya

April 20, 2015  06:29 pm

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday (20) said some elements of the new government struggle to destroy his reputation and goodwill that he had built for years by being instrumental in the country’s struggle to defeat the Tamil rubles.

Rajapaksa went on to say that the move to summon him and his brother to the Bribery Commission is also a part of this conspiracy. 

He added that some powerful persons of the new government attempt to take revenge from him in spite of his role as the former Defence Secretary who scarified everything for his nation.

During an exclusive interview with Ada Derana, Rajapaksa claimed that he has already declared his assets and liabilities. He said that he never had any intention to siphoned off even a few rupees as a government employee.

“I never maintained any illegal or secret offshore accounts in any foreign bank. My pension and salary as the former Defence Secretary was deposited to a state bank in Hunupitiya. That account I crated around 30-years ago,” he said.

Rajapaksa assert that a property owned by him in the US was sold prior to his arrival in Sri Lanka and he deposited that money with his wife’s bank account in 2005. “Other than that, I even don’t have a credit card,” said Rajapaksa.