The verdict in the case filed against former Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Shashi Weerawansa alias Ranasinghe Randunu Mudiyansela’s Sirsha Udayanthi for obtaining a diplomatic passport by presenting false information is due to be announced today (10).
Shashi Weerawansa’s ordinary passport stated that her date of birth was 1967, but the CID has filed a case against her for obtaining a diplomatic passport by submitting forged documents stating that her date of birth was 1971.
It was revealed at the trial that she had prepared two national identity cards and fake birth certificates for both the birthdays and that the then Minister Wimal Weerawansa had telephoned the then Controller of Immigration and Emigration to press for the immediate issuance of this diplomatic passport.
Accordingly, today will be a crucial day for MP Wimal Weerawansa and his family, as well as for Maithripala Sirisena and his new political allies.
Although Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila are currently engaged in a conflict with the government, some in the political arena allege that it is just a drama and that there is a deal with Wimal and others under the heads of the government.
Although the cases filed against some politicians during the period of Yahapalana Government are known as political revenge, this case cannot be categorized as it is based on the offense of forging documents, abusing state power for childish, stupid purposes such as forging one’s age.
