Sri Lanka's sports minister was sacked after he accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to assassinate him.

Sri Lanka's sports minister was sacked after he accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to assassinate him.

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Posted 1 years ago

Sri Lanka Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has been officially sacked after he accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to assassinate him.

Ranasinghe was handed the termination letter, signed by President Wickremesinghe, as he arrived to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting.

The letter states that Ranasinghe has been removed from the portfolios of Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, and Minister of Irrigation, with immediate effect.

The sports minister has questioned the intentions of the current President by accusing Wickremesinghe of trying to fix him for exposing corruption in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and sacking its management.

He further questioned why the President is taking political revenge, when he, as the Sports Minister, had only exposed corruption.

"Is this the reward I get for highlighting corruption in cricket? I took action based on audit reports," Ranasinghe said, referring to his move to appoint an interim committee to run the Sri Lankan cricket administration.

Earlier this month, Ranasinghe had sacked the SLC management and appointed former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga as head of a seven-member interim committee to govern the cricket board but the Court of Appeal restored it a day later.

Wickremesinghe has the power to remove Ranasinghe from the Cabinet and appoint a replacement.

Following his termination, Ranasinghe visited the sports ministry to thank his staff and bid farewell.

Speaking to reporters, he said his fight to end corruption in sports would continue.

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