Better butterfly than a leech: Mangala to Sirisena

In response to President Maithripala Sirisena’s remark yesterday that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was surrounded by “butterflies” who took most of the Government decisions, Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera tweeted: “I would rather be a butterfly than a leech Mr. President!!!”

In his reference to butterflies, Sirisena did not name anyone other than Wickremesinghe.