By Sena Thoradeniya

Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) has written a book, The Conspiracy to Oust Me from the Presidency”. We have not read it yet. Our critique of the book can wait. In this essay we thought of bringing into the notice of GR and his ghost writer about a publication titled, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Impromptu Resignation: who becomes Sri Lanka’s next president, things you should know  (a pic of the cover inserted) published on 14 July 2022, just one day or 24 hours after the resignation of GR on 13 July 2022. This book written by one Billie Wallace was published the very next day GR had resigned. How can this happen unless it had been written for some time- as a part of the grand conspiracy? Did the international conspirators aware that GR was going to resign? Was he pressurized to resign by Nuland – Chung gang or face severe consequences? Was he reminded of the fate of Aristide and Moise of Haiti and were generous” to give him a peaceful exit? Has GR answered these questions in his book? Still we do not know.   

Book overview (of Billie Wallace’s) says: It is no news of the incessant crisis in Sri Lanka with president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country and more recently his resignation that has brought out big questions such as: + Who becomes Sri Lanka’s next president? + What next for Sri Lanka? + What happens to Gotabaya Rajapaksa?”

The blurb contains some silly grammatical errors: Billie has carefully analyse (sic) the situation and crisis going on in Sri Lanka and has given a detailed information and recent development (sic) in Sri Lanka”. Author is written as Autor.

For this publication neither customer reviews nor sample to read are available. Author is unknown, except a Google entry of a British socialite who had an intimate relationship with Princess Margaret and another, a New Zealand rugby player. 

An eminent political analyst thinks that sudden appearance of this book can be an attempt to preempt GR’s book.

GR’s media release issued on the eve of the publication of his book contains a serious factual error. It says: Today foreign intervention and the manipulation of international politics has become a fact of life in Sri Lanka in a manner never experimented in the first sixty years of independence of this country.” If it is true the foreign intervention and the manipulation of international politics” in Sri Lanka has a very short history beginning from 2008, which is totally incorrect!

A partial independence was granted” to Ceylon, tying the country politically, economically, militarily and in judicial matters. After the first parliamentary elections the formation of a Left dominated government was thwarted at the famous Yamuna conference by imperialist agents.