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Honorary titles for a price, says HarshaGone are the days that a Sri Lankan could decently receive honorary titles such as Deshamanya, Deshabandu, Lankaputhra, Kalanidhi and Sri Lanka Jana Ranjana without influence or a financial consideration becoming the deciding factor, according to MP Dr. Harsha de Silva who has received a letter from an awarding body seeking Rs. 10,000 if to be conferred with a title. Exposing what he described as a scam, MP Dr. de Silva said: “I received a letter on 7 October last year from the All Ceylon Nena Guna Foundation, informing of an opportunity to get conferred with any of the honorary titles such as Deshamanya, Deshabandu, Lankaputhra, Kalanidhi and Sri Lanka Jana Ranjana. In return they have asked for a payment. Some other members in this house have also received similar letters. This organisation claims to have shortlisted 100 personalities to receive such titles for 2013.” “The President confers the titles Deshamanya and Deshabandu on par with the formalities given in a Gazette notification, which came out in 1986. Titles such as Lankaputhra, Kalanidhi and Sri Lanka Jana Ranjana are not within the scope of any institution to confer. We will investigate into this matter since you have identified it as a fraud. You have obtained your doctorate having studied for it. But we don’t recognise any other individual who obtained doctorates differently and identify themselves as doctors,” said Minister of Water Supply and Drainage and Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena. Exposing bogus qualifications and titles used inside the Parliament on official documents, MP Ajith Perera said: “The official documents of this Parliament contain certain qualifications and titles identifying members. But some of these qualifications and titles are not given by recognised universities. Better refine the Parliament documents and strike off such false qualifications and honorary titles.” (AH) |
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