Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been hailed by one of his Ministers as having “sparked a renaissance” on the island, reported the Daily Mirror.
Minister Mervyn Silva reportedly compared the war crimes accused President with Abraham Lincoln, Vladmir Lenin, Karl Marx, Mathma Gandhi, and Mao Zedong
He made this comments as he talked on the reduction of duty on racing cars being introduced, adding that he would buy his children Lamborghinis if they so wanted.
See more of Minister Silva’s comments in our previous post:
Come and 'die like dogs', minister threatens US (27 February 2012)
“I will break your limbs in public!” – Minister threat to human rights activists (23 March 2012)
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