Is JVP-led NPP Govt. weaponising the law to target Wickremesinghe?

The plot to humiliate and penalise ex-President Wickremesinghe also seems to have gone awry, at least for the present

- By D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Wickremesinghe also seems to have gone awry, at least for the present.

The first part of this article published last week focused mainly on the background of the circumstances that led to the arrest and remanding of Ranil Wickremesinghe and raised the question as to whether the former President was the target of a political witch hunt. These aspects would be further elaborated upon in this second and final part.

Spent force

As stated in this article earlier, Ranil Wickremesinghe has in the past been lightly “dismissed” by his detractors and critics as a serial loser and spent force. Nevertheless this supposedly spent force of no consequence is viciously vilified constantly.

Many of those who were delighted at the sight of a handcuffed Ranil being transported in a Black Maria seem dismayed at the sight of a cheerful Wickremesinghe leaving hospital with the book “Unleashed” in his hand.

Perhaps due to this, the attacks against Ranil have escalated. It is indeed strange and somewhat amusing that a person described as a spent force and serial loser should be at the receiving end of such attacks. It is said that no one flogs a dead horse and none kicks a dead dog. If Ranil is indeed “finished” then why is he being flogged and kicked constantly? Is it because of the constant trepidation and insecurity among political opponents of what Wickremesinghe is capable of unleashing?

Batalanda

The first part of this article dealt at length about the Batalanda detention centre and Ranil Wickremesinghe. After tabling the Batalanda commission report in Parliament JVP-NPP Cabinet minister and Leader of the House Bimal Rathnayake stated Ranil Wickremesinghe would face legal action soon. However when legal action did take place, it was not over Batalanda. It was for Wolverhampton.

Three reasons