Veteran Broadcaster Kingsley Rathnayake To Become President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's New Spokesperson

Senior journalist Kingsley Rathnayake is to be appointed the new media spokesman to the President.

He has resigned from his position at the Capital Maharaja organisation today.

A veteran broadcaster, Rathnayake has been involved in Sri Lanka's media industry for over 25 years.

His new assignment follows the appointment of Sudewa Hettiarachchi, a former CEO at the Swarnavahini media network, as the head of the President's Media Division.

Both Hettiarachchi and Rathnayake are past pupils of Ananda College, Colombo.