President Ranil Wickramasinghe has contacted Prof Ashu Marasinghe over the phone and has informed him to leave the position of Presidential Advisor immediately before the revelation by Hirunika Premaachandra yesterday, political sources said.
According to the sources at that time Prof Marasinghe has been staying in Nuwara Eliya, following the information received on the sex scandal surrounding him president has informed him to leave the position as soon as possible.
The parties related to the government have also expressed their displeasure regarding the fact that there have been a number of anonymous complaints regarding this person and that they have not taken a decision until the last moment.
There has been strong displeasure within the United National Party (UNP) regarding his deviant behavior as well as the incident related to the “bed” in Parliament which displeased the President, declaring that the Governor of the Central Bank is the common presidential candidate, etc.
