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Mahanayake kept waiting for four hours
By Shane Seneviratne
President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Friday kept the Malwatte Mahanayake Thera waiting for four hours and eventually did not turn up for the appointment.
Earlier in the day, the President had personally spoken to Ven. Rambukwelle Sri Vipassi Mahanayake Thera and said she would call over at the temple between 4. pm and 5 pm.

The Mahanayake Thera had waited till 9 p.m. and then informed the journalists that the President had not so far informed him that she would not be coming and that he could not expect her.

However, another appointment was sought yesterday and the President is due to meet the Mahanayake today.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met the Ven. Udugama Buddharakitha Mahanayake Thera of the Asgiriya chapter and the Malwatte Mahanayake on Friday and yesterday to brief them on the peace process and the current political conflict between the government and the President.

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