President’s media director resigns in protest
The Deputy Director of Presidential media unit Sunil Jayasekera has told ‘Lanka’ newspaper that he would resign from his post in protest of the decision taken to give nomination to Mahinda Rajapaksa.
He has further stated that the anticipation of 6.2 million people who voted for Mr. Maithripala Sirisena was a new political culture. He has added that it was not only Mahinda Rajapaksa, the individual that was defeated, but the political culture that he represented was defeated as well.