Gotabaya set to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24: Former envoy

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to arrive in the country on August 24, Former Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga hinted on Wednesday.

When asked whether he was saying it with responsibility, he said he was saying it with responsibility at this moment. “The date could change. I am saying it with responsibility today. I can’t help if he changes the date later,” he said, reports Daily Mirror.

He told the media after making a statement to the CID on MIG Deal that the former President would render a service to the country.

When asked whether Gotabaya Rajapaksa would engage in politics again, he said he was not a clever politician but a clever officer.