Sri Lankans living in globally raised their concerns and protest to the University of Deakin for inviting Ranil Wickramasinghe as their guest speaker of the “Law 2017 Oration” of the University to be held on 16th February at the university premises.

Concerns of the Global Sri Lankans were that the person whom Deakin University had invited for the Law oration is currently implicated in a major financial fraud in Sri Lanka – the Central Bank Bond Scam. During Ranil Wickramasinghe’unworthy political career (lost popular elections close to 30 times) he was implicated  in many a human rights violations only to find clemency due to his political clout, wealth and nothing else!
While there is a separate Finance Minister he took under his purview the Central Bank of Sri Lanka which is normally under the purview of the Finance Minister. (He was made  the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by the current President of Sri Lanka while not commanding  a majority in the parliament) on the 12 Feb 2015 on the excuse that it was an ‘election promise’.
The Central Bank Bond Scam took place on 27 Feb 2015 just two weeks into his administration. Ranil Wickramasinghe and his cohorts netted undue financial gains running into billions of rupees. This fraud which involved 30 year Rupee Bonds have resulted in the increase of the Central Bank lending rates, severe devaluation of the Rupee (from Rs 132 to a $ to now over Rs 150) as well as heavy taxes on the people of Sri Lanka.
This fraud is currently under investigation while many attempts were made and are being made  to sweep it under the proverbial carpet.
Moreover major human rights abuses during his early years as a politician – most famous one being – Batalanda Torture Chambers – a place far worse than Guantanamo – where many hapless victims were tortured and killed during a major youth insurrection in Sri Lanka circa 1989!
At present as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickramasinghe is engaged in a major witch hunt bringing Sri Lanka closer to a police state, where political opponents are arraigned by an unlawfully constituted investigative body called the Financial Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) for the flimsiest of misdemeanour while major frauds that have taken place under his watch remain un-investigated.
The Sri Lankans in globally has written to the Deakin University to bring this information for their attention to determine whether Ranil Wickramasinghe is a person worthy of making such an oration. The closest they think of is inviting Hitler or a Saddam Hussein to make such an oration!
The Sri Lankan expatriates demands that it is a shame to see how such an esteem educational institute like “Deakin University” inviting and taking the service of such a person who was found guilty by the Government Commission appointed to probe the massacre, tortured  of thousands of youth who were imprisoned in torture chambers under his supervision.   The management of Deakin University  should think seriously to replace Ranil Wickramasinghe  from an eminent academic but not this sort of dirty and cheap corrupted politicians.