Addressing a press conference a short while ago, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake called on the Prime Minister and his supporters to cleanse themselves before attacking the media over reports on the Central Bank bond scam.

He slammed the government for threatening the media instead of addressing the findings of the COPE committee on the Central Bank Bond Scam, saying that the government's threats to bring the media before the COPE and the Parliamentary Priviledges Committee was laughable.

Most of the media had reported true facts all along, as seen by the COPE findings, Dissanayake said.

He challenged the government to take legal action against the wrongdoers in the matter.