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Businessman Mr. A.S.P. Liyanage who dedicated himself to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and was even a sequential political candidate, coming forward to gift his house too to him has made a decision of joining the incumbent President Maithripala's faction. This decision he has made across newspapers as a paid announcement. The announcement which was

The said announcement carries a praise about President Maithripala as an individual 'who did not become king by robbing!' and has also made the appeal 'Get together in Galle with President Maithri'. The announcement has been published with Mr. Liyanage and his daughter of the Labour Party.

Former President Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa has even bestowed him the position of ambassador of Nigeria too and has further extended large favours to him, it is understood. Even though after the political defeat he did not forget the former President and went as far as handing over to him the Peacock Mansion which he had built on behalf of his mother for his activities, it did not come through because of various issues. Because of the information that Mahinda bought Peacock Mansion after paying millions of rupees, Mr. Liyanage too was subject to interrogation by the FCID. Later on Mr. Liyanage himself made a complaint to the police about a suspicion connected to the sand-filled swimming pool of the mansion and thus managed to evacuate that sand.

A.S.P. Liyanage who presented Othello on stage, Kavuluwa in the cinema and Himi Ahimi across Rupavahini was also the patron of Peduru Saajje which was broadcast over the ITN channel. The announcement which was published in favour of Maithri, from below