No Sri Lankan Patriot wanted it to come to this, but Gen. Sarath Fonseka had not learned this basic principle of survival: When immersed nose deep in mud, the wise keep their mouths closed!
Gen. Fonseka will have the time to ponder this truism, as he contemplates the errors of judgment that led to his precipitous fall from grace from being, perhaps, the third most admired man in Sri Lanka to one of the most vilified, in a brief period of nine months. World history abounds with such instances of foolish men of unbounded ambition destroying themselves when they loosen their grasp on honor, duty and patriotism.
Colombopage had this to say today (February 08, 2010) about Gen. Fonseka's arrest:
General Fonseka has been arrested on charges of committing military offenses during his time in the Army," the newly appointed military spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe said in an official statement to the Government Media Unit. He did not elaborate on the specific offenses.
Director General of the Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle, said Fonseka would face charges in a military court of conspiracy against the government.
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The government has accused General Fonseka of plotting to assassinate the President and overthrow the government by a coup. The government has arrested over 50 of his loyal retired military officers on planning the coup. General Fonseka denies all government's accusations against him.
However, a BBC report said earlier in the day the General had threatened to divulge the military secrets in response to alleged war crimes against the Sri Lankan military during the final phase of the war against the LTTE.
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Early in his presidential campaign in an interview to a Sunday weekly, the opposition candidate accused the Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa of ordering the Army's 58 Division leader to kill the senior LTTE cadres who were attempting to surrender with white flags.
He later retracted the statement saying the paper misquoted him but the government and the media said the retired commander betrayed the nations and the damage to the country and the military had been done by the General's statement for political gain.
According to The Asian Tribune the main charges, read out to Gen. Fonseka at the time of his arrest, were
• Politicking whilst in uniform,
• Conspiring against the Commander-in-Chief whilst in Service,
• Harboring more than 1,500 deserters whilst on Service,
• And, corrupt practices in relating to military procurements.
We trust that the Government has all of the necessary evidence to support these charges, and that they will promptly release him if the evidence available cannot stand up to legal scrutiny. However, what we know of Gen. Fonseka's activities to date since the end of the Eelam War in May, 2009, as reported in the press and elsewhere, leads us to believe that Gen. Fonseka will be convicted in a court of law, and will spend a significant portion of his life behind bars.
We take no joy in the downfall of one we considered a war-hero, but we firmly believe that those who betray their country by deed and word for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, must be held ACCOUNTABLE, if only to serve as an example to deter others from VIOLATING the Law of the Land, and UNDERMINING the National Security of the Motherland.
Let ALL those who conspire to betray the Motherland, and violate Sri Lanka's laws with impunity take note: You will no longer will be allowed to run free; you will be held accountable for your actions! You can RUN, but you will not be able to HIDE! Therefore, CEASE and DESIST, in your own interest.
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Here it is; as you requested!
A UNP friend of mine said that “the leadership” are going start protesting/planning protests, low key protests with one or two “Irans”. They intend to turn Gonseka into that Burma witch (Aun Sung whatever aka the Ranil Wickremasinghe of Myanmar).
This will be the Wests next line of attack.
Only difference is Burma witch is a civilian fighting Military rule, Gonseka is an Army man fighting civilian rule.
Anyway knowing their media they will spin it like this. They already turned him into an "Obama”" of Sri Lanka. This will be the next line of attack using Gonseka when he's behind bars.
Kalu-suddha's minds are under going mental torture:
http://theacademic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10202
http://theacademic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10198
Ex-army chief to face Sri Lanka court martial
"He will face a court martial even though he is not a serving officer," said the official, who declined to be named. "The military law applies up to six months from the date of retirement of any officer."
The are lot of plus points for comments on Daily Mirror
supporting SF, however there the points scheme for comments is pretty hilarious.
For green thumb up it will increase the points by +3 for red thumbs down it is +1.
"The Defence Ministry has not responded to a request made by General Sarath Fonseka’s wife, Anoma Fonseka, through the CID to make arrangements to provide the General who is in military custody with the medicine he needs to take every six hours for a chronic mental disorder."
lol!!
don't give him this "medicine". i like to see him in his proper mental state.
gonzeka is MAD. he is taking medicine.
This Side, Sri Lanka - Gen. Fonseka's Daughter
thissidesrilanka.blogspot.com
I am Aparna Fonseka, youngest daughter of General Sarath Fonseka of Sri Lanka. Today, 8 February 2010, I decided to start this blog because of the unfortunate and disgraceful incident that happened to my father
http://thissidesrilanka.blogspot.com/
New home for multipolar...
Moshe, do you have a link?
pol,
i got it from lankanewsweb.
the last bit is mine!!!!
lankanewsweb does not specify what the ailment is leaving room for speculation.
i'm sure it is something that cannot be revealed in public.
Ananda;
This resonates with the sentiments of my heart. Amazing the way you put it. It is a moment of justice in one view, a moment of highest security importance as far as the "war crying" threat is concerned. For all fair reasons, the Rat is in cage, yet I am not celebrating.
As you said, the higher sensitivity of the situ shud be handled properly, and the charges shud be proven transparently. Failing these charges shud set him free, yet that is a big big concern. It does not necessarily redeem him from his traitorous acts, however it will glorify him in support base to an unwanted high. So I hope that GOSL has substantial evidence at hand to justify this very critical act.
If not, it is a very foolish action.
Nevertheless, one good reason to keep his behind bars is his constant threatening and blackmailing to witness at war tribunals. Not all war tribunals used to bring charges against Mr and punish him, some are there [kangaroo version] to redeem pussycats in the western mindset and lobby to lift strict embargoes etc.
Considering the level of authority he had, and the kind of hatred he's fueled with, and the much he blackmailed, and the level of fake and lying he is capable of doing, ...... whoa... he shud be behind bars. But I do not find it a moment of triumph, joy and celebrations. A part of me, even with cancer is a part of mine, and I mourn its loss.
Sujeewa nobody is going to be joyful when some one is at distress.
Yes there is a little bit of apprehension but this should happen and if it had not happened then I would have in a hell of apprehension.
What he is going through now is an iota of What he had in mind for Nation.
Besides his brutalism, audacity, cruelty and treachery should have its natural consequences. So I am joyful.
But I am concerned whether pur people would react in a wrong manner on this.
A new True Sun God is born.
SF is the one and only true Sun God!
Hurray!
SU;
He shud be behind bars. More than what he did during campaign, and what he planned to do after his win, more sinister are what he planned for after his loss, and what he showed signs of becoming. No hesitation, no argument either.
SU;
I'm yet to see the way how ppl would reflect on this. Usual SF foot generals are aloud. Do not be surprised if there are some protesting, especially when his last plan was to line up with JVP [leaving UNP out] in GE. But we're yet to see the mass movement.
After Jan31st his major F/B group has gone inactive from admin end.
I hope that people will take this in good mind.
I dot think anything serious would happen but I am a tiny bit of anxious.
SU;
Nothing big will happen. You will see that 80% of happening is JVP. It is a common proceeding even when World Bank changes teh country officer they may "come down to road". It is a mobile protest brigade.
SF's stupid utterance against the state with respect to war crimes is utterly unacceptable and treacherous not appropriate to a one time war hero.Instead of getting involved in dirty politics, he stupidly tarnished his image.He should have left to US and lived there and made his money on the lectures on his war achievements.This is regrettable and may have to face the law and be punished if there's evidence against him.
Here is that disturbing news.
SF is willing to testify
Moshe Dyan said...
await more arrests!!
more traitors will be arrested, charged and punished.
gonzeka is already spilling beans. he is an easier nut to crack than KP!!
althought the LTTE terror network was unearthed, the anti-SL network was not yet unearthed. this is the time.
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This is really stupid. I don't care if some one fuck SF up the A**, but this is a really stupid move by SL Gov. He will be out in few months, and he will become popular thanks to this stupid move.
He was in a check mate up to now, and was in political wilderness. Now the government is exactly playing in to his hands.
No one will get SF to talk. This is utter rubbish. All this coup attempts, conspiracy to kill MR e.t.c. will not hold ground. If SF has intelligence to attempt a coup, or to kill MR, he would never be behaving the way he behaves. If he wanted to do this, he could have done it much better by getting friendly with MR and stabbing him in the back.
Even if he tried to kill MR, still MR should have let him be until the GE are over and then arrested this guy. Now the value of winning GE would dissapear. I don't have a problem with the arrest, but I have a problem with the timing of the arrest.
This is going to be another Thissanayagem case. It would be totally fucked if the government conduct election while SF is in custody. No one will take SF out from politics, he will be here for long time. It is about time people accept that and move on. He might not win a election, but he will be a pain in the butt for a long time.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
Here is that disturbing news.
SF is willing to testify
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The best thing would have been to let army to handle him their own way. Now, get the law involved, every one is screwed.
Thusitha;
Only fair reason for the arrest is the possible "testifying" of SF, in UN and pussycat kangaroo courts.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
Thusitha;
Only fair reason for the arrest is the possible "testifying" of SF, in UN and pussycat kangaroo courts.
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No, he could never have done that. He knows some one would bump him off before that. Also he couldn't leave the country.
If MR let this guy become the opposition leader, he would have enjoyed the money, the luxury e.t.c. and all of us would have been better off.
Now, this is going to be a major fuck up.
MR Should release him ASAP. Presidential Pardon. This way MR would look good.
Sarath Fonseka's Follies
Patriots, Sujeewa,
I will always regret the self-destruction of Gen. Sarath Fonseka. In the ultimate analysis, ensuring the Security of the Nation and Upholding the Law of the Land, are the two HIGHEST DUTIES of ANY Government. Sarath Fonseka left the Government no other choice.
In my own blog postings I advised that SF COOL his rhetoric and move into a comfortable retirement and enjoy the company of his family. But his unbounded ambition, jealousy and hatred drove him in the opposite direction. Every time the GOSL backed off from pursuing him, he misjudged it to be a weakness rather than a forgiving quality, and was encouraged to renew his own aggressive attacks. Now he is REAPING what he SOWN.
I am appending some of my recent comments at SLDF and Ellan Farce blogs, because I seem to have correctly predicted this chain of events. I have italicized the important sections in these posts, for your convenience.
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Ellan Farce blog:
28 January 2010 10:43
Sorry to say, SF shot himself in the foot when he accused his brothers-in-arms of war crimes, allied himself with separatists (TNA), former terrorists (JVP), and other anti-national forces, merely to get elected.
He fell from being the third most admired man in Sri Lanka to someone people would rather forget about. Unbounded ambition, and poor self-control, can do that to people. There is a lesson here for all of to learn from.
On the positive side, the people of Sri Lanka are a very forgiving lot. SF should now enjoy his retirement and the company of his family, and become involved in charitable activities.
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At SriLankaDefenceForm Blog
January 31, 2010 2:19 PM
Moshe Dyan said ..
[govt should firmly act.]
Yes, Moshe, we are of one mind.
The Govt should gather together all of the evidence of criminal activities by SF, arrest and hold him without bail, prosecute him in court, and send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Delay in allowing him to foment further divisions in the country, while ignoring his own huge transgressions against the nation and its people, would amount to a dereliction of duty by the GOSL.
Sarath Fonseka's Follies
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At SriLankaDefenceForm Blog
January 29, 2010 7:45 PM
Regarding this heavy use of Army Deserters by SF (arrested: 9 at the Cinnamon Lakeside hotel yesterday, 20 at SF's campaign office today), is it not a crime to give employment and shelter to deserters without reporting them to the law enforcement authorities?
If SF .. a candidate for the Presidency, the highest law-enforcement position in the land, and the former commander of the SL Army, who MUST be presumed to be aware of that law .. is breaking the law in this way, should he not be PROSECUTED for that offence?
It seems to me that, that criminal offense alone can land SF behind bars!
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At SriLankaDefenceForm Blog
January 31, 2010 5:11 PM
Pol Sambol said ...
[Gonseka should just come clean.]
He can't do this. If he does, he will not leave ANYTHING for the GOSL to prove. At this point, the only thing he can do is to FLEE ABROAD.
SU said ...
[Now he knows that MR and GR cannot fall into his law level. He, infact thinks, this is their weakness. Brutism is always a sign of strength and masculinity for SF.]
Yes. SF was really scared of what the GOSL was going to do just before and just after the PE. Now, he has recovered his courage and is trying to get up to the same old bullying tactics as in the past, thinkingg that the GOSL has no options but to tolerate his antics.
But, this is a great mistake, and a terrible misjudgment, on his part .. just as erroneous as VP's mistake in taking MR on.
As he becomes a greater threat to the GOSL, the response will come swiftly in the form of arrest and quick prosecution. Once that process begins, the political stakes in winning it rise, and there will be no backtracking for SF.
SF has just enough time now to flee abroad to some safe haven. He should do that, and spare himself, his family and his country further harm.
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At SriLankaDefenceForm Blog
February 2, 2010 3:34 PM
On the other hand, I was very much a Fonseka Fan because of his leadership during the war, which was confirmed by MoD accounts. Like many other Patriots, I was very reluctant to abandon him, but I did reject him when he turned his back on Sri Lanka.
I will oppose ALL those who do treacherous things like SF has done, in the future as well, for Sri Lanka's security depends on keeping its enemies at bay as they change their disguises.
The Actions of Individuals will determine their fate, but none of us can predict with certainty how people will change.
The only reliable indicator we can rely on is their CHARACTER as DEMONSTRATED in the past. Character Counts, but even that is not a perfect indicator, because some people reveal their true nature only when they are tempted by opportunity.
Sarath Fonseka's Follies
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At SriLankaDefenceForum Blog
February 4, 2010 1:10 PM
Sarath Fonseka, from the beginning of his candidacy for the Presidency of Sri Lanka, acted like a thug, spewing invective and hurling threats, to intimidate the voters and the government. He employed Army deserters to do his bidding, and to form the core of his paramilitary group for the anticipated "putsch", knowing well that harboring deserters is a crime. That crime itself, apart from all other pending allegations against him, should land him in prison, give him sufficient time to ponder his own follies that led to his precipitous fall from grace in Sri Lanka.
It is his association with the appointed mouthpieces of his nation's enemy, the separatist terrorist LTTE (Tamil National Alliance,TNA), former terrorists who launched two bloody insurgencies (People's Liberation Front,JVP), and the man who blithely presided over the partitioning and delivery of Sri Lanka, bound hand-and-foot, to its enemies, and who fought tooth-and-nail the Eelam War IV that eliminated terrorism and reunified the Nation (Ranil Wickramasinghe, UNP), that turned the People of Sri Lanka against Sarath Fonseka's candidacy. The ordinary people of Sri Lanka, to their eternal credit, were not fooled.
Unwilling to accept the expressed will of the people, Fonseka planned to overturn and wrest control of the government in his thuggish way. Unfortunately for him, this Govt of Sri Lanka is composed of equally hard-nosed Patriots who fought and won a war against internal and external enemies, and was not at all intimidated by him. Nor will it be in the future by any enemy of the people; this democratically elected Govt will fight back to preserve and protect the will of the people. The resolve it showed in WAR, it will demonstrate in PEACE.
Displaying again that his unbounded ambition has overtaken his patriotic good sense, "Mr Fonseka .. has appealed for international help to uphold democracy in Sri Lanka" to sic upon the people of Sri Lanka the same motley band of foreign hypocrites, naysayers and NGOs who supported the Tamil terrorists and helped to extend this war for 30 long years, killing over 100,000 innocents. Mark my words .. This push for "Regime Change" WILL NOT WORK in Sri Lanka .. notwithstanding the vigorous wailing we hear from INCURABLY DISSAPOINTED, but handsomely bribed, lackeys in western media.
The West has found a new Pet to replace VP. This is evident from news in the Western media.
SF has again, just before his arrest, has promised to betray the war victory. The Government needs to use this interview of his with BBC to neutalise any protests that may occur.
If any army officer has deliberately killed civilians they should be punished.
If anyone tries to bring charges against unavoidable harm happened to civilians they are crying for the death of VP and what they are demanding is that we should have given our Nation in a platter to True Sun God the First.
We need to avoid civilian deaths. That is why we should not allow this LTTE menace to come back agian on the back of True Sun God the Second. To avoid harm for civilians, we need development and stability. The West is playing with these since their goal is different from ours.
It is also worthwhile to appreciate our true heros sacrificed their limbs and lives to save civilians, our Nation and its future.
In a war one cannot go for zero casualties. The West, listen, you are trying to get Sri Lanka in the path of War. So you are the war criminal. Sri Lanka is trying to achieve stability and development.
You are on the way like Devil looking for sacrifice.
thusitha,
is that you???
if multipolar has stolen this ID, no comments, if not.
it is the MOST STUPIDEST thing if we don't arrest him now. this bugger is serious.
when he says he will "reveal" warcrimes, he WILL say some creative stuff to WILLING listeners. then it is up to us to disaprove that.
this MANIAC will do ANYTHING to get even with GR/MR.
re: pissanayagam
there is a reason for his arrest and a reason for his release.
he is only released on bail. he has not been aquitted. the message went to him loud and clear.
better late than never, let justice be done at least now. tolerating gonzekas mad conduct means MANY MORE gonzekas will emerge.
Thusitha;
[[No, he could never have done that. He knows some one would bump him off before that. Also he couldn't leave the country.]]
It is always possible to leave country. If not how did many other designated traitors left SL. He can go with other opposition leaders. GOSL had no legal staying order on him.
It was a risk. Not only to physically attend such, but also to issue [contradictory] media releases.
SF's objective is revenge. Being opposition leader does not fulfill it. Joining pussycats does. This is one reason why he was hesitant to go ahead with UNP. UNP was not evil enough for his mind's satisfaction of harming Rajapakses.
Moshe Dyan said...
thusitha,
is that you???
if multipolar has stolen this ID, no comments, if not.
it is the MOST STUPIDEST thing if we don't arrest him now. this bugger is serious.
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Yeah,
This is me. Not Multipolar.
He can say what ever he wants, but he needs to go to war crime tribunal. The army would never allow that. That way it would have been a military matter.
And SF can say what ever he wants. MR should have welcome such a statements and told him to go to Geneva and complain. Should have given all the help necessary for him to do that. SF can never ever go to War crime tribunal. He would not live to do that. Some one bumping him on the way to war crimes tribunal would never make such a huge problem, because it is not a political issue.
What MR has done is make it a political thing. Now what will happen is that only thing every reporter in the world would want to know is what happen to SF.
As far as I can see, this is one of the biggest mistakes MR and his advisers have done. If some one think this will teach SF a lesson, that is a big mistake. He fall in to the category of VP, Lasantha e.t.c. You can never teach them a lesson.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
Thusitha;
[[No, he could never have done that. He knows some one would bump him off before that. Also he couldn't leave the country.]]
It is always possible to leave country. If not how did many other designated traitors left SL. He can go with other opposition leaders. GOSL had no legal staying order on him.
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He should have been arrested when he was going to leave SL. He was not going to do that. SF does not run away. He would have contested PE and lost.
Current problem we have with SF has no solution, other than the permanent solution. That would work only if SF tried to go to Geneva. At the same time, since SF is a political enemy of MR, his statement has much less validity, even if he goes to Geneva. So, the whole idea of charging SF is totally stupid.
Thusitha;
Not all war tribunals would be setup to bring charges against MR and punish him, some are there [kangaroo version] to redeem pussycats in the western mindset and lobby to lift strict embargoes etc. Although prior is hardly possible, latter is happening even today, so SF could have been a hen laying golden eggs to those ppl, even remotely from his Rajakeeya ave office.
This role brings his vengeful mind more satisfaction and self importance than, even ousting RW to become opposition leader, which I doubt as a possibility for him.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
This role brings his vengeful mind more satisfaction and self importance than, even ousting RW to become opposition leader, which I doubt as a possibility for him.
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SK,
Now do you think GovSL solved that problem. No. I do not think Miilitary would be able to hold him for too long. There would be high court, supreme court challenges to this ruling. Plus if SF comments, would have put us in trouble earlier, now it will have twice the force.
Me, I am totally sceptical that government could hold SF for longer than few days.
Feb 9 (LT) Speaking at a media briefing held at their official residence, Mrs Anoma Fonseka, wife of General Sarath Fonseka, said that General Fonseka was not arrested but virtually kidnapped by the Government– “ this is the gift he got for finishing the 30 year old war” a tearful Mrs Fonseka said. “ The army came to arrest him last night at around 9.30 pm
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Haha. See like Anoma is going to contest the GE.
Feb 9 (LNW) I am Aparna Fonseka, youngest daughter of General Sarath Fonseka of Sri Lanka. Today, 8 February 2010, I decided to start this blog because of the unfortunate and disgraceful incident that happened to my father. I am tired of watching from the sidelines and reading what people have written without being able to defend. However vile, destructive or poisonous the remarks about him and my family have been, I’ve been listening silently
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Hmm, excellent work. I don't know who did this stupid thing. There is going to be a lot of sympathy vote going in SF way, when women start crying
Lakibima reports the opposition expectations of possible Finseka arrest.
Note that this article was written before arrest.
It is a real tricky spot that MOD has entered.
Tomorrow begin the protests. .
It will be mostly JVP. UNP is always half hearted. And RW has handed over the Fonseka Affairs to his deputy.
I do not agree with Thusitha that there was no threat in SF's possible acts against SLDF and MOD. But I agree that arrest will only complicate the issues. And I also think that it will not be easy to keep him behind bars for long.
Let's wait and see.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
Lakibima reports the opposition expectations of possible Finseka arrest.
Note that this article was written before arrest.
Tomorrow begin the protests. .
It will be mostly JVP. UNP is always half hearted. And RW has handed over the Fonseka Affairs to his deputy.
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This is a political gold mine for UNP. If they do not protest, they are really stupid. This is how people like Nelson Nandela, Suu Kyi are born. Play with the opposition leaders, that is the end of the political party.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
I do not agree with Thusitha that there was no threat in SF's possible acts against SLDF and MOD.
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SK,
I do not say, there is no threat from SF. I merely say, we can repulse them much easier.
Think about first statement: An army coup. When a country is divided 50, 50 and MR is popular, it is very tough to have an army coup.
About Army deserters, around 20,000 LTTE could't do that. So, how can army deserters do that much of damage to the nation. If that happened, then it would have been a good thing. Then we could have arrest SF with clear evidence.
About this lake hotel incident at the election day. Would every one be at the same place if they were going to have a coup? Is this a good strategy?
War crimes. Two possibilities, SF will manage to make war crime charges, then too bad, GR have to take that rap (which I believe very unlikely to happen). The second scenario is the more likely if SF tries to make charges, he would be taken out by one of the field commanders. In this situation, people might blame MR, but not to this level.
Admin,
Please check this Lanka guy. I am wondering whether he is a free loader, or a multipolar who is trying to publish information about this event JVP, UNP is trying to have
multipolar has got an email.. probably from one of his own email ID to another.. HIKz
/Major General Manawadu treated my husband like an animal –Anoma Fonseka
(Lanka-e-News)/
like a kalawedda..?
/ Mindada said...
Dear Mahinda Fan Club, please go read the DBSJ column. Sinhalaya Balu Wela..../
Yes many are disappointed on Gonseka statement to BBC betraying our forces..
At this rate google will soon be out of IDs.. HIKz
At last some a bit of relief for multi-polar Rana
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wirestory?id=9783297&page=2
Guys, all the things that you say SF did - which may have happened - do not justify this brutal response.
This will make SF more powerful, not destroy him. It will consolidate public resistance, streamline opposition to MR and isolate SL even further in the international community.
You may not care about the last, but you will about the first two.
I am surprised that an ostensibly politically savvy operator like MR did this.
Thusitha said:
The second scenario is the more likely if SF tries to make charges, he would be taken out by one of the field commanders. In this situation, people might blame MR, but not to this level.
Is that even an option now that SF has been dragged off into custody? With all the international interest, regardless of how SF is taken out, if he is taken out, the blame will fall full and square on MR. And would you blame people for doing so?
Saul,
Nice to see you back. I can see your point very well. However, what are the alternatives:
(1)When he engaged in politics while he was serving the country as a soldier. Mangala Samaraweera openly admitted to this fact.
(2) When he tries to drag the soldiers who faithfully served his command to bogus war crime tribunals.
Saul,
Below are the charges under which Fonseka is to be interrogated included
a) Politicking whilst in uniform.
b) Conspiring against the Commander-in-Chief whilst in Service.
c) Harboring more than 1,500 deserters whilst on service.
d) Corrupt practices relating to military procurements.
What are our options?
"Speaking at a media briefing held at their official residence, Mrs Anoma Fonseka, wife of General Sarath Fonseka, said that General Fonseka was not arrested but virtually kidnapped by the Government– “ this is the gift he got for finishing the 30 year old war” a tearful Mrs Fonseka said. “ The army came to arrest him last night at around 9.30 pm"
Haha. So arresting people is kidnapping? Wow this women also lies like her husband, If you resist arrest you can be taken with force.
"Speaking at a media briefing held at their official residence, Mrs Anoma Fonseka, wife of General Sarath Fonseka, said that General Fonseka was not arrested but virtually kidnapped by the Government– “ this is the gift he got for finishing the 30 year old war” a tearful Mrs Fonseka said. “ The army came to arrest him last night at around 9.30 pm"
Haha. So arresting people is kidnapping? Wow this women also lies like her husband, If you resist arrest you can be taken with force.
Sam,
Thanks for your reply. I've been reading this blog since you guys switched over, and have been cheering for MR to win the presidential elections - for what it was worth.
SF was a full scale disaster, no two ways about it.
But I worry about the manner of his arrest, and the way it is being reported in the media.
SF will get sympathy now, no two ways about it.
I hope MR has more political ammunition that he can use to undermine SF totally. But I worry that MR has just created a political monster he can now neither control nor destroy.
Mindada,
I agree that the whole situation rots. It could have been much more easy for any citizen to stand up for Fonseka if he didn't commit an act of blatant treason. Lets hope that our nation will get cured soon.
I'd like to, no love to, see 'leaked' evidence of SF in conversations, videos etc that incriminate him. Something that can be used politically.
/But I worry about the manner of his arrest, and the way it is being reported in the media.
SF will get sympathy now, no two ways about it.
I hope MR has more political ammunition that he can use to undermine SF totally. But I worry that MR has just created a political monster he can now neither control nor destroy./
Absolutely - MR still has things to learn from UNP.. like Wijeweera arrest method.. Too much democracy is bad for SL as opposition often mis-use it..
Saul,
Gonseka will get no sympathy.
He was and is a political non-entity after the PE.
We will see some drama lasting for about a week then it will be over.
People will not vote for the Opposition over this (or the Government) the individual candidates will be of more significance.
Had he been arrested during the GE period we would see drama and maybe support for the Opposition generated.
Had he been arrested after the GE (winning or loosing) we would see the same drama.
Government was not planning to arrest him (yet). Probably going to reveal more of his dirty work and then arrest him after the GE (most likely he would loose from where ever he contested).
SundayTimes on the 7th revealed he would be arrested.
On Monday Government team had to do go Geneva to explain away this morons statements.
So he runs to the BBC and says "i will be a witness".
Government had to arrest him (luckily some ground work had already been laid).
He is a vindictive and ruthless man, he wants vengeance from GR because his "thunder" was stolen back in May last year because the war ended while he was holidaying in China (wtf?). He would say bloody anything.
The fact that people (Colombo kalu-suddhas, UNP/JVP/Mangala, Western media) never supported the war effort, wanted the LTTE to win, the Army to be destroyed and Fonseka to be hauled away to some kangaroo court in the West are now weeping for him is fascinating. They could not give a damn for him before but when an opportunity came to use him to get rid of MR, Gonseka became our "Obama". Just look at the heaps of praise the Western media now give Gonseka. Before they and the die-ass-pora condemned him as "butcher of Tamils" now he is the saviour.
They also went around saying "If SF is guilty then arrest him" as did Gonseka hours before his arrest, now he is arrested they are "outraged" about it. Same lot are also asking "why arrest him now? Why not earlier" (back in Novemeber 2009), well you know what they what would have happened then.
The way the West (US/UK and their media) is weeping for him is all the proof needed that he is their latest tool of destabalisation in SL and is/was doing their bidding.
"Mindada said...
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SF will get sympathy now, no two ways about it."
Saul, of course he will get it.
If you read DBSJ column, he will mostly say things that will disunite Sri Lanka. We have only ourselves to blame for that. We are now utterly dependent on foreigners to control how we think and conduct ourselves."
You probably do, but no need to bag everyone with you Rana
Let me put my two cents to this development.
Ranil W being a clever or cunning as his old fox the uncle(JR) worked this well for him to participate in the next Presidential election.He knew that the odds are against him defeating the incumbent President,since he deserve the second term,specially after routing the terrorists that brought shame to him with his last defeat.
So he put forward this fellow with no political experience against person with 40 years' experience in this arena and after all he is the incumbent with a clout of the state machinery.So all the fools and opportunists followed the pipe piper(SF) and as one could noticed RW took a deliberate back stage and put forward rouges like Kuddu Rahiem from his party to the front,thus disgracing the general.TNA and the other separatist scoundrels jumped to his bandwagon hoping the JVP lads will all the spade work in the Sinhalese areas to get SF to unseat MR.TNA guys really cooked SF's goose spelling his defeat.
So Ranil must be obviously happy that SF took his place and saved him from another humiliation.I think if MR is not allowed by law to seek a second term then RW could be in a better position to claim his place in the next Presidential election.
Therefore I would advise the President to seek a third term with the required majority and he must bite the bullet and get round the JVP lads after all they are 'our boys'stood by him in the past and stood by him to prosecute this war.Their grievances are attainable with respect to the demands of the conniving separatist lobby.Likes of sambadan changed his stripe and jumped from one camp to another,always trying to be in the winning side to get their ultimate demand the separate state.Unitedly we must avoid them and dominate every bit of the island where the majority taxpayers have been bankrolling them.
One must bear in mind if the present government practice any extreme measures which would make a precedence,one day when they are in opposition they will be treated the same way.UNP stated this nonsense by taking the fudeamatle rights of MRS SWRD and they clearly stole her victory by stuffing the ballot boxes that brought Premadasa to power in '89.
Though there were excesses prior to elections,counting and the ballots were in order which was accepted by the usual critics in the WEST.Perhaps they too wanted SF lose paving way to RW for the next PE.I would urge the Prez to win the incoming GE without much conflict and get SF to reapply for his green card.I would urge MR not to be too harsh and lose the support of his faithful followers,because one time SF was his army commander fit enough, then suddenly became an enemy is hard for anyone to fathom.As much as we don't like SF,but there is a legal and proper way to deal with and one must move away from draconian measures and in return SF must count his loss,pack his bags and get back to US never to get involved in politics.
multipolarta pissuw thada wela hondatama... HIKz
LionRoar said...
How come the support base for SF has disappeared all of a sudden?
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Looks like another Multipolar.
Ninja, Sam take care of all the LTTE avatar's. Have to sleep now. It is 4 in the morning here.
From Ada Derana comments:
February 9, 2010 01:54 pm
US, PLEASE IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED IT MOST AT THIS TIME.
WALTER
Kalu-suddhas begging their white masters.
Pol Sambol,
You've analyzed it pretty well, especially in the timing of SF's arrest.
My question was more on the fact that he had to be arrested and the manner of his arrest.
Arresting his cohorts, then slowly undermining him by 'leaked' evidence, innunendos, or simply a civil prosecution could have been done.
Unfortunately it has been my (limited) experience that in politics the more you try to crush a guy by brute tactics, the more stronger they seem to grow. Better to allow political enemies to shoot themselves in the foot, IMO.
'Nuff said. Let's see how MR plays his cards from here on.
kevin said...
Let me put my two cents to this development.
Ranil W being a clever or cunning as his old fox the uncle(JR) worked this well for him to participate in the next Presidential election.He knew that the odds are against him defeating the incumbent President,since he deserve the second term,specially after routing the terrorists that brought shame to him with his last defeat.
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Yeah, this is a global strategy. I am sure few people are putting there minds in to this to get rid of MR.
As I said earlier, MR should have done his best to put the status of SF up and that way RW and SF would start killing each other.
But, I don't think RW is going to win from this. From what I can see, the Star of SF is rising and he would become more powerful and would take over UNP.
MR is best to support this and accept SF as a challenger to the presidency. That is the only way to solve this problem. Kapanna bari atha imbinna owne. Otherwise it would be all the way down to every one.
"US, PLEASE IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED IT MOST AT THIS TIME."
By this mostly the poor people will suffer. The others will continue regardless, driving around in their BMWs.
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No such thing would ever happen. That means U.S. would play straight in to the hands of China and Russia. India would never allow such a thing to happen.
Mindada said...
My hunches were confirmed. this is a Mahinda Fan club, so people don't say anything that will isolate them from the club. Brain-dead Sinhalayas for people like DBSJ to exploit. : (
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Haven't you read my postings. There are people with different opinions. But there are hardly any one here who is sympathetic to SF.
Yeah, go to DBSJs blog. That is where you belong.
Mindada,
On the whole, as an Indian, I would say this group has been reasonably fair.
Obviously they will support MR/ SL to the extent they identify MR with SL (duh - supporting SL is the point of the blog!) .
And yes, they can get strident, but they've allowed dissent.
And, in my time here, I've seen some remarkable characters (i.e. loons) from the other side as well.
I am so dog scared to comment, either way.
You people who live outside Sri Lanka really have (enjoy) the freedom to express your opinions and thoughts.
For us, keeping the trap shut is the best medicine.
Oh look Multipolar is back, having a quick chat with his other IDs before he gets deleted again haha.
Saul,
This is what he said hours before his arrest (and just before the BBC "interview" was published):
"General Sarath Fonseka says the government should arrest him if he had attempted to stage a coup as claimed by the authorities and the failure to take him in to custody could only mean that the claims are fabricated."
Arresting his underlings as it were and not him was strengthening him. All he said was "they are throwing mud", "why not arrest me".
Government had no choice here.
It was a damned if you do damned if you don't.
There will be drama, but its up to the Government to play its cards right as you said.
If they can reveal to the public (or allude to) Gonseka being the US agent in SL and part of a Western plot against the country (to undo the victory) the same way the TNA deal screwed things up during the PE, but do it carefully and properly, then any potential sympathy generated will die down, and boomerang.
If he was charged just for HiCorp scandal (and the rest of the PE allegations against him) you will see the stunning hypocrisy like what we have already witnessed. People have said, "if it is real (HiCorp) then arrest him otherwise it is lies/mudslinging", if he was arrested (just for corruption) then this kind of "outrage" will be on display again and same set of people "baiting" the Government to arrest him earlier will be crying "end of democracy" as they are doing now.
Truth is none of his backers, and those screaming about "democracy" care about him, he is a tool for them to some how get rid of the "bigger evil" which is MR.
Those who are genuinely sad about what has happened, how the General fell from grace, are those who still respect him from the war, but I am not one of them. From his utterances and behaviour and recent exposures of what happened during the war I highly doubt his abilities. We have always had brilliant Commanders before, e.g. in 1990-92 the East was taken (though not entirely, but about 80%). And Gonseka removed the entire Eastern command in 2007 after it was taken. Why? Because those commanders were highly capable but committed the "greater" crime of not being his boot lickers. Yet Gonseka TOOK full credit for the Eastern capture.
It has always been the Political leadership that has ruined things. Back in 1997-99 the war could have been won then had it not been for the incompetence of CBK in Governing the country (she ruined the war, international relations, economy, all she did was rob the country).
Gonseka is no Denzil Kobbekaduwa
So to hear this "commander who won the war" as if he single handily did everything himself is insulting to the rest of the Military, the men he plans to sell out to "war crimes" because they were not his lackeys and most importantly it demonstrates his ugly ego. Gonseka had a luxury life with everything given to him, he was jetting off to live in America, shuttling around Sri Lanka in state of the art Mercedes Benzes, getting huge amounts of prime land for free and literally treated as a King by MR/GR to only have him stab them in the back because of his ugly ego that they had been nursing.
From Ada Derana comments:
February 9, 2010 08:00 pm
USA MUST RATIFY IT´S LAWS TO MAKE IT COMPULSARY FOR USA TO INTERVENE DIRECTLY IF ANY COUNTRY THREATENS TO HARASS INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND RESTORE LAW AND ORDER EVEN IF IT TRIGGERS A GLOBAL WAR.
concerned Sri Lakan
More Kalu-suddhas mentally burning and asking their masters help.
Sarath Fonseka was involved in politics from August 2009 to November 2009, while in the position of CDS. He was also accepting large donations from known fronts of the LTTE.
Presented with overwhelming evidence, state prosecutors had no option but to seek his arrest.
Officers had to carry out the order of the higher authorities. To manhandle a suspect into police vehicle is common practice, especially when the suspect violently resists arrest. Fonseka was kicking and punching the air like a pathetic child while being dragged along.
Those who are opposed to his arrest,
1.Was Fonseka right to participate in politics while in the trusted position of CDS?
2.Was Fonseka right to accept money from known fronts of the LTTE?
3.Was Fonseka right to enlist into his security team army personnel who had not been granted leave from official service or allocated to Fonseka's security apparatus (essentially, these people were deserters)?
Chaps, the usual Economist hit piece has been served up again on this Fonseka brooha. Here is my comment there to a Peelamist Plonker.
Sinna Siththar, my dear fellow, Retired General Fonseka's arrest was made purely on his violations of military discipline. He was arrested under the provisions of Article 57 (1) of the Sri Lanka Army Act. No soldier in the SL Army can take part or engage in politics. He was Army Commander for four years and CDS for a short period. The person who holds the Army Commander or CDS post is a member of the National Security Council (NSC) of which the President as the Commander in Chief is the Chairman. The commanders of the Navy and the Air Force are also members of the NSC and important decisions on national security are made in the NSC. While holding such an important position Retired General Fonseka had held talks with political parties violating the Army Act and military discipline. The connection with the Army does not cease immediately after anyone retires from the Army. Under the Army Law a person who had committed an offense while in service could be punished during the first six months from his date of retirement. General Fonseka retired only in November 2009 and is still punishable under that law. So my dear fellow, this is a matter of military discipline and nothing for you to worry about. Like my Pater used to say "Move on sonny, nothing to see here".
Cheers!
/Those who are genuinely sad about what has happened,.../
None. Its fake sadness.. UNP+LTTE have now more things to be sad.. and multipolar too.. HIKz
http://www.divaina.com/2010/02/10/feature05.html
නීති විරෝධී ඉඩම් ගනුදෙනුවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉන්දීය ජනරාල් අවදේශ් ප්රකාශ් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත්තා.
- ඉන්දීය හමුදාපති දිපක් කපූර්
මානව හිමිකම් ක්රියාකාරිකයකුට හමුදා රහස් සැපයීමේ සිද්ධියක් මත බ්රිතාන්ය ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ හමුදා නිලධාරියකු වූ ලුතිනන් කර්නල් ඕවන් මැක්හෙල් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත.
- බ්රිතාන්යයේ ටෙලිග්රාප් පුවත්පත
රාජ්ය රහස් සැපයීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විශ්රාමික හමුදා නිලධාරි ලුතිනන් කර්නල් නිජල් වයිල්ඩ්ට චෝදනා එල්ල වේ.
ගාඩියන් පුවත්පත
ඔස්ටේ්රලියානු ප්රකාශකයකුට රහස් තොරතුරු සැපයීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බ්රිතාන්ය ඵ-1-6 ඔත්තු සේවාවේ හිටපු නිලධාරි රිචඩ් කොම්පන්ට හයමසක සිර දඬුවමක්
- ගාඩියන් පුවත්පත
චීන හමුදා නිලධාරියකු වූ හුවා ඇමරිකාවට රාජ්ය රහස් ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත.
යුද රහස් ඊශ්රායලයට සැපයීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇමරිකානු හමුදා බලධාරීහු චෙන් අවි නමැති හමුදා ඉංජිනේරුවා අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත.
හිටපු ජනරාල් අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම ගැන කනගාටුව පළකරනවා.
- ඇමරිකානු රාජ්ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ප්රකාශක පිලිප් ක්රව්ලි
හමුදාපති පර්වේස් මුෂාරෆ් වැරදි ක්රියා රැසක් සිදුකළා
- හිටපු පකිස්තාන අගමැති නවාස් ශරීෆ්
Fonseka held at Navy HQ meets wife, denies charges
He kicked army officer and was removed with his chair
General (retd) Sarath Fonseka, who was arrested by the Military Police on Monday evening, has requested that he be permitted to meet his lawyers. High ranking government sources said that he would be allowed that facility.
Sources said contrary to a claim by Fonseka’s wife that she had sought ICRC help to trace him, he was being kept in an apartment at the Navy Headquarters and she had visited him there. "The moment she made a request to the Defence Ministry, she was given access to her husband," a senior defence official said.
Fonseka was arrested on allegations that he had revealed military secrets and conspired to overthrow the government.
When the Military Police attempted to arrest him, Fonseka had, while being seated, kicked one of the officers, sources said. "That prompted soldiers to take him out with his chair."
The arrest was made just hours after he challenged the government to arrest him without harassing his supporters. He also declared that he wouldn’t protect anyone, who had given illegal orders to the army during the war though he would stand by his officers and men.
During the initial interrogation he had dismissed claims that he divulged military secrets or conspired to overthrow the government, sources said.
So far, 40 suspects, including retired and serving Army personnel of various ranks, have been arrested over the same allegations.
Sources said he had been provided with all comforts, medical facilities and permission to see his family members.
http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article103850.ece
/Set General Fonseka free
If the combined forces of the opposition in Sri Lanka showed appalling political judgment in fielding retired Army general Sarath Fonseka as their presidential candidate, the government has returned the favour through an act that is as miscalculated and reckless as it is authoritarian and ugly. The decision to arrest and court martial the former Army Chief, and the manner in which his arrest was carried out, has shocked everyone who values democracy. Even at face value, the allegations made against General Fonseka are dubious, with the government apparently confused about what exactly he was guilty of (other than vaingloriousness, political ambition, paranoia, and foot-in-the-mouth disease, which are not really prosecutable offences). In fact, the official versions have been such as to challenge credulity: while a press release posted at the Army’s website informs us that General Fonseka has been “taken into military custody on charges of alleged fraudulent acts and military offences,” a government Minister has accused him of “direct contact with opposition political parties” amounting to conspiracy (while he was Army Commander, Chief of Defence Staff, and member of the Security Council), and the director-general of the Media Centre for National Security has spoken darkly of charges of plotting a military coup and conspiring to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa. To the public in Sri Lanka and abroad, what all this signals is a witch-hunt that makes no political sense.
True, the general has been provocative beyond normal limits. Instead of accepting the people’s decisive verdict, he has made false allegations that the presidential election was stolen from him. He has hurled accusations of war crimes against field commanders who served under him in the 34 month-long-war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He has spoken of an official plot to assassinate him. He has even given hints of political blackmail by saying that upon his death an affidavit containing the government’s ‘secrets’ would be made public. Statesmanship demanded that these provocations be treated as acts of political folly born of failure and frustration. President Rajapaksa, after all, is in an extremely strong position. Following his 17+ percentage point triumph in the presidential contest, he expects his party and alliance to make substantial gains in the parliamentary election that will be held in the first half of April. Sri Lanka, in the post-LTTE era, needs normalcy, reconciliation, a just and sustainable political solution to the Tamil question, and development of all regions starting with the North — not the politics of vendetta, more divisiveness and strife, and further politicisation of the military. Assuming that President Rajapaksa was persuaded or pressured by the hawks around him to go against his better political judgment, he must act boldly to reverse course and set General Fonseka free./
We don't need orders from India.
Will our opposition have seperate protests or combined protest now against for both computer gilmart and illegal arrest...? HIKz
Thusitha,
Obviously, no one has anything against the Fonseka family, and family members crying in public do generate sympathy.
But, Fonseka is not his family. Fonseka is REAPING what he himself has SOWN against the Law of the Land, and against the Security of his Country.
Against certain kinds of REPEAT offenders who confuse GOSL compassion with weakness, and try to exploit international sympathy to gain their ends, the GOSL and we Patriots must STAND FIRM.
Please understand this is the SAME CRYING PROPAGANDA TACTIC the Eelamists deployed against Sri Lanka. Only STANDING FIRM won the day, after LOSING for 30-years by backing down to that "permanent victimhood" style blackmail.
FIRMNESS was the KEY to winning the Eelam WAR; It will be the KEY to winning the PEACE as well.
If the GOSL has a strong case backed up with CREDIBLE EVIDENCE, let SF be PROSECUTED in a military or civil, and be SEVERELY punished for his actions.
It will be GOOD for the future of Sri Lanka; It will DETER future OFFENDERS.
Mahinda is so baaaa-d.
He got rid of True Sun God the First.
Now he does not allow True Sun God the Second to carry out his sacred duty for his white masters.
Now how can this True Sun God the Second go to UN and give make up evidence against MR?
Why cannot the bloggers here cannot worship True Sun God the Second and all his sins as many people worshipped all the sins of True Sun God the first.
Were not even suicide killing also regarded as dvine act?
Why cannot we do the same for brutalism/
Rapes?
treachery?
Establishment of military regime in Ambalangoda for a short duration?
Killing Lasantha?
Are not they good enough to be worshipped.
After all True Sun God the First's keeping civiilains as human shield was also considered purely divinee sacred act?
why cannot we be a little more geneorous here?
OH my god1 This is a crazy world.
Max_Headroom said ..
[I am so dog scared to comment, either way.]
Max,
Before you start commenting, could you please honor your tea package bet on the PE with me?
I won that bet; don't you think you should pony up?
Please start first by acknowledging the WIN! Thx.
Before you start commenting, could you please honor your tea package bet on the PE with me?
I won that bet; don't you think you should pony up?
Ha ha ha ... Max was just kidding Ananda. He was reading Fonseka's certain victory in Lanka News Web.
Peter said:
Sarath Fonseka was involved in politics from August 2009 to November 2009, while in the position of CDS. He was also accepting large donations from known fronts of the LTTE.
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Now I've seen it all. Peter and the Patriots on the same side of an argument!
/අපි කියන දේට ඇහුම්කන් නොදෙන නිසා කිසිම දේශපාලනඥයකුට මේ පන්සලට එන්ට එපා කියා කියන්ට හිතෙනවා යි මල්වතු පාර්ශ්වයේ අතිපූජ්ය මහානායක තිබ්බටුවාවේ ශ්රී සිද්ධාර්ථ සුමංගල ස්වාමීන්ද්රයන් වහන්සේ ප්රගීත් එක්නැලිගොඩ මහතාගේ බිරිඳ සහ දරුවන් දෙදෙනා තමන් වහන්සේ බැහැදුටුq අවස්ථාවේ පැවැසූහ./
mahanayaka thinks temple is his private property..
mahanayaka demanded more security for gonseka and now he got it.. why still whining..?
According to AT, Ranil has rushed to New Delhi to save Fonseka. Elsewhere, people of his style has requested USA to nuke Sri Lanka altogether. I thoughts that Ranil goes to London and Washington to beg his masters.
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/02/10/fonseka%E2%80%99s-wife-anoma-and-lawyer-meet-arrested-general
Sam, At says this.
In fact the leaders of the Opposition too have to be charged for aiding and abetting a uniformed army officer getting involved in politics.
This might answer one of your questions.
As again there are two laws in Sri Lanka. One for Politicians and one for mortals. This two tier system is sanctioned by International thugs as seen by their news media.
But we need to be careful here.
We need stability. Everything we do have to be on one purpose. Stability. Still it is fragile.
The thugs are trying to push us in the war path again. They are the war criminals.
Saul,
Peter, I don't take him serious when he cheers for Sri Lanka. In fact, he has something sinister here. He is the same old Eelamoid doing the Monkey Dance to the unsuspecting audience. We like the variety he adds in any case.
/Now I've seen it all. Peter and the Patriots on the same side of an argument!/
Don't worry.. you still have rest of di-ass-pora, sampanthan, mano gonasan..
Blogger Ninja said...
/අපි කියන දේට ඇහුම්කන් නොදෙන නිසා කිසිම දේශපාලනඥයකුට මේ පන්සලට එන්ට එපා කියා කියන්ට හිතෙනවා යි මල්වතු පාර්ශ්වයේ අතිපූජ්ය මහානායක තිබ්බටුවාවේ ශ්රී සිද්ධාර්ථ සුමංගල ස්වාමීන්ද්රයන් වහන්සේ ප්රගීත් එක්නැලිගොඩ මහතාගේ බිරිඳ සහ දරුවන් දෙදෙනා තමන් වහන්සේ බැහැදුටුq අවස්ථාවේ පැවැසූහ./
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Peter said:
Now I've seen it all. Peter and the Patriots on the same side of an argument!
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First they tried to use SF to take their revange from MR, failing there miserably they will satisfy part of their hatred from SF's downfall.
LTTE- and Ranil are the only parties benefiting from this saga, its a win win situation for them
thusitha,
"And SF can say what ever he wants. MR should have welcome such a statements and told him to go to Geneva and complain. Should have given all the help necessary for him to do that."
this is such a RECKLESS thing to do.
gonzeka WILL do it.
check out the trials of NAZI MFs after the WW2.
those who collaborated/co-operated with the war crimes, etc. trials were given MANY CONCESSIONS. some BIG collaborators were even set FREE!!
now USA, EU, etc. and even the LTTE diaspora are ONLY interested in punishing SOMEONE for war crimes. they prefer to punish MR, GR or SS for MAXIMUM effect. they don't care real war crimes or not. they want to capture SOMEONE and close the file.
so it doesn't matter what gonzeka says is true or false. they will go by that, release gonzeka from charges for collaboration and change MR, GR, SS and install a PUPPET govt that will give tamil elam by a BS name and close the SL file.
even if we didn't arrest gonzeka there will be mass protests.
i recon then it would be much worse bcos gonzeka is MUCH MORE WORSE and RUTHLESS than all the UNP, JVP, TNA, SLMC, idiots combined.
he will also use army deserters (if he was around) to unleash violence.
any protests now will lack this which is good.
but there is a danger of the govt releasing him. if that happens, the whole affair collapses. they should FIRMY charge him and sent him to prison on multiple charges.
if the crimes are well known (unfortunately PTA violations are not well known) ppl will have ZERO sympathy for him.
carrying out the l-ass-antha investigation parallel to the gonzeka affair is GREAT PLANNING
don't forget those who are now crying for gonzeka are the SAME jokers who cried for lass-antha THEN.
this is so even in the international community.
so fixing gonzeka for the lass-antha killing can screw all of them and SPLIT the anti-GOSL group BOTH in SL and abroad.
"[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 February 2010, 11:03 GMT]
Sri Lankan Police officials have claimed that they have arrested two former Sri Lanka Army officials in connection with the assassination of Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickremathunge. The arrests were carried out following information provided by the Intelligence Unit of the SLA, police sources claimed Monday, when former Sri Lankan military chief and defeated presidential candidate General (retd) Sarath Fonseka was taken by the Sri Lankan military police for investigations.
Two other army personnel arrested earlier on the alleged plot to overthrow the government are being also under interrogation in regard to the killing of Lasantha Wickremathunge, Sri Lankan police said."
ranil, SK,
nice example of CANCER.
but you have missed the point.
1. tamil elamists are the cancer of SL.
2. SL used radiation to kill cancer cells and NATURALLY a little bit of good cells also died.
3. now the radiation equipment has got a mind to itself and playing havoc radiating good cells!!!
4. as a result some good cells are now burnt and dead. we MUST get rid of them. otherwise the whole body will rot.
5. some good cell agents we used to fight TE cancer cellsm are now infected with the same cancer. its also like the father who treated rabies caught rabies!!! this happens. they WERE good but now they got it. we have NO OPTION but to get rid of them, else the whole body will rot.
6. if you know a little bit of SLA challenges before 1995 you may be familiar with how we cut (they call it "amputate!!!) legs of soldiers in the battlefield, without any proper equipment and anesthesia. is SO FCKING horrible. some even begged to kill them than do the "operation".
but we did it. why????
if not we would lose the whole person. its the leg or the whole thing. this is the choice SL must make now. but unlike the leg this peice of SHITT called SF is not an asset to SL anymore. its a rotten cancer cell soaked in SHITT.
anoma is a bloody whore to say she doesn't know the whereabouts of gonzeka AND seek ICRC (international committee of the red cross) not the sri lanka red cross (SLRC), help to find out his whereabouts. this bloody slut visited gonzeka at the SLN apartments twice yesterday!!!
this behavious shows SF's madness to discredit SL has spread to his wife too.
how pathetic!!
keep your defeats, egoes, frustrations, filth, etc. with you. don't put it out to discredit SL.
this further destroys their credibility.
when the gonzekas are in DEEP SHITT, they should at least keep their mouths shut!!!
Kalu-suddha's brains are frying; we are banana republic akin to Burma, Zimbabwe now.
http://theacademic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10198&start=30
US intervention is needed.
Haha.
They are trying to make the most out of this for cheap again, drama will last for a week maybe two. These people who fell into depression after Jan26th have got a good dose of prozac.
General public do not care much.
Ninja said ..
[mahanayaka demanded more security for gonseka and now he got it.. why still whining..?]
Exactly! SF was complaining about lack of security for him because his request for a BATTALION of soldiers (600 men) was turned down.
Now, he has PERFECT SECURITY .. behind bars .. at a fraction of the cost to the people of Sri Lanka!
Moshe,
Anoma is a dirty liar like her husband.
She gets to see him
She says "i have not seen him".
She claims "he was not arrested he was kidnapped".
Her Gon husbanb resisted arrest. Too bad.
She makes her "plea" in English?? wtf? Not only can she not speak English properly herself, Only 30% of Sri Lanka understands the Language fluently! Her "appeal" is to Sinhala people so why not give it in Sinhala so all Sinhalese understand?
Obviously it is not directed at anyone in Sri Lanka.
All the more reason to see what a bunch of scumsekas they are.
This is just drama Gonseka must have told her to stage.
Friends please read my analysis
Fonseka Arrest- Political Implications.
pol,
officially only 11% sri lankans (those who are living in SL) are fluent in english!!!
this anoma bitch is hellbent on discrediting SL as the jokers in some forusm.
90% of those who scream and agitate are not in SL.
the general public don't care. they have the answer to gonzeka LOUD & CLEAR.
now its up to the govt to act LOUD & CLEAR.
BTW if SL is a banana republic, gonzeka would be its president and women's affair minister. mongal would be in charge of homosexual affairs while ravi kallathoni will be in charge highways (alimankadai and pamankadai). sambandan in charge of the defence ministry. malick saramawickrama the bribery minister.
The government’s move to try Fonseka in a military court is justified and valid. He is not tried for his politics as a presidential candidate but for engaging covertly and even overtly at times to undermine the authority of the democratically elected state whilst holding the highest office in the Army. As everyone knows, he was making overseas call from America to Tilvin Silva, the JVP mouthpiece, to get his advice on how to go ahead with his moves in USA to put the Rajapakses in the dock with accusations of war crimes. .
It is the JVP that gave him this dead rope in the first place. The Soma-hansas, who were just tall enough to lick the boots of the general, are responsible for leading him down the path of self-destruction. Their manipulations and promises of greatness to come fed the hate and ego of Fonseka whose main objective was to bring down the Rajapakses who gave him everything. Even now his statements are soaked in bitter bile. That is not the stuff of democratic and humane politics.
Gonseka was going to sell us out when he was in the US?
Heh, guess JVP did us a bit of a favour here.
The SundayLeader "statement" was going to come out one way or another.
Mad Gonseka:
In his own words he has absolved all responsibility of any alleged crimes attributed to the Defence Secretary – his main target in his accusations — when he declared that Defence Secretary was sitting in his air-conditioned room fiddling with his ties while he, as Army Commander, supervised and directed every move from Mavil Aru to Nandikadal. If the Defence Secretary was fiddling with his ties in the comfort of his air-conditioned room, without interfering in the battlefield, how on earth could he have committed war crimes? If what Fonseka says is true – and we, for the sake argument, provisionally accept his word that he alone is the hero who won the war — then he is responsible not only for victory but also for the war crimes, which he never questioned or investigated or named names when he was the Army Commander.
In his naïve approach, he wants to have it both ways. He wants to be the good boy for the victories and name bad boys for what they did under his command. That cock won’t fight, General, even in gam sabaha court. What is worse, he is accusing innocent people, who had no input into the war effort as the guilty party. of the Commander-in-Chief or the Defence Secretary, then how can he point a finger at them now, or for that matter any other authority or officer, for any alleged war crimes.
More here:
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/02/09/no-tears-for-fonseka/
desha,
you have not analysed the BENEFITS to the UNP if gonzeka was with them and troubles for the govt if gonzeka was free.
these are substantial.
1. although gonzeka's presence in the UNP threatens the positions of its high ranking members, it is BENEFICIAL for the UNP that was in TOTAL wilderness a few months ago.
2. gonzeka has the VIOLENCE factor more than any other UNPer.
this is VERY useful (practically) for an opposition party.
especially when in fighting reaches astronomical levels for the preference vote, 1,500 army deserters AT HIS COMMAND and DISPOSAL is a HUUUGE thing for the UNP. this can be used to unleash violence on UPFA, JVP while buddies are infighting.
generally when the preference vote infighting begings, outsiders are neglected.
3. gonzeka has INDEPENDANT connections with the west. we saw this at the last election. he can mobilise this ADDITIONAL clout well.
the opposition loses this DIRECT, ADDITIONAL clout.
4. at the GE, TNA racists are going to contest alone as ITAK racists.
they don't want gonzeka to spoil it. since TNA would not be permanant partners in govt.s its best for UPFA that TNA goes against UNP.
that leaves enough for the EPDP.
OTOH if gonzeka can get half the support he got from the north east for the UNP, that will be shitt.
e.g. at the 2001 GE, UNP got at least 6 seats from the north east.
in 2004 it lost 3 seats (half) to TNA.
in the absence of gonzeka this will happen again.
5. gonzeka has no additional baggage for the UNP. UNP joins with CWC, SLMC with HUGE burdens. 3 national list seats each MUST be given to these jokers. and they cross over to the govt anyway!!!!
in the case of gonzeka, only one seat for him. that too he would win it.
so no cost at all.
6. if gonzeka and/or his 40 arrested thieves spills the beans (they are but slowly), that can be used to SCREWW the traitors who are in politics.
this can TOTALLY ruin the UNP in some sections.
e.g. lass-antha
if gonzeka is free, he will ENSURE all witnesses are silent. he cannot direct them now.
gonzeka mafia is not getting instructions now.
I agree Moshe.
Government must unveil his role as Sinhala VP/Wests agent and tool in SL. They have to play their cards right.
Also trap him LYING.
I am stunned at the ceaseless amount of the filthy lies emanating from his mouth. He changes what he says within minutes (see what happened on election day and how he twisted and changed the situation regarding his inability to vote). Only the LTTE & die-ass-pora lied like that and their bullshit was more consistent.
Government media must collect all his statements since November 2009 and release them.
The country people need to know that he is the betrayer working for the US.
Try him for “attempting war crimes”. (Can say he wanted vengeance on VP/LTTE, so ordered his lackeys who are now in custody to kill any surrendees, GR ordered to prevent this, told SS, Gonseka was hiding in China when he gave this order and was furious with GR for it not happening, wanted vengeance on GR for stopping it. Then can link Blake/LTTE mock surrenders/no surrenders happened as they tried to fight there way out). A good way to STFU the war crimes SoBs.
Tossing in scum lasanthas death as well is also good.
Moshe,
There are benefits to UNP from his arrest.
This is what HLD Mahindapala says:
It is not surprising that Ranil Wickremesinghe was not there last night to hand him tissues for his tears. He is distancing himself from Fonseka because he does not smell so good as in the start. The move of the government to arrest Fonseka has come as an unexpected gift to Wickremesinghe, who, no doubt will shed copious tears. Government has done for him what he could not do: removed Fonseka from the political scene which, Wickremesinghe hopes, would resolve his main problem of eliminating him as a rival. The upshot of all this has thrown the lean-to opposition coalition into total disarray
Wows these kalu-suddhas are pathetic. Can't they do anything without their masters? Shows how truely inept they can be.
"February 9, 2010 11:25 pm
Mr. Ranil, you must take initiative and immediately write a letter addressed to all leaders of the world, human right representatives and the united nations stating the facts of the current military regime forcibly abducting people and fabricating cases against innocent man who served the Army for 40 years. If they are charging SF, they must charge GOTABAYA also as defense secretary for giving instructions to SF to carry out operations.Must keep on faxing these letters and show the world what type of President we have.
Oscar"
demoncratic socialist banana republic of elam lanka nadu waziristan.
president - uneducated, ill-mannered, foulmouthed, rapist fonseka
womens affairs minister - uneducated, ilmannered, rapist SF
bribery and corruption minister - lick saramawickrama
foreign minister - rahu-fcuked hack-him
highways minister - ravi kallathoniya (mixing up alimankadai and pamankadai)
education minister - somawansa (jvp work in schools)
defence minister - sambandan (like paskeralingam in charge of defence purchases according to SF!!!!)
minister of childrens affairs - ranil peadophile wickramasinghe
minister of youth affairs - mongal homo saramawickrama
civil aviation - arjuna naritunga ("muwa bassapang" - SF)
minister of trade - danuna
pol,
there are advantages to UNP LEADERS.
Hmz,
Not bad, not bad at all from this Prasad Kariyawasam (Sri Lankan high commissioner to India):
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=7149
My usual opinions of our Ambassadors pretty low, so he has done alright.
"Set Gonseka Free"
Bullshit... Why let him fart in public and spoil the air just got freed from the Sun God #1?
He is truely the Sun God #2 of the Sudda's...
GOSL should carry out the trial agaist this Mental General soon probably with Open media coverage so that the Sudda's can not say that we are keeping the Gonz for the fear of his come back in the Parliament Election....
This once our good general, now running like a mad dog should be given three doses of MR medicine:
1stly: Maubima
2ndly: Maubima
3rdly: Maubima
Why is every jackass obsessed with Sri Lanka? Then again their attempt for regime change failed and now we just jailed their man in Colombo:
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=7150
"UN chief Ban Ki-moon is alarmed by the arrest of Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka and urged Colombo to guarantee his safety, his spokesman said Tuesday.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said Ban “is following developments in Sri Lankawith concern” and urged Colombo authorities “to follow due process of law and provide all necessary protections (for Fonseka) and guarantees to his safety.”
"
He's in a military custody what more security does he need?
EU should be next to "raise concerns".
SL should PROMPTLY assure USA, UN, EU, IC, etc. that,
1. gonzeka will be given fullest security, ameneties.
2. the due process of the law will be followed to the LETTER.
3. law will be followed to the LETTER
4. JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED on the deserving going by the existing SL law.
5. if anyone has a problem with the SL law, go jump in the lake.
6. there are MORE deserving sri lankans than SF.
e.g. IDPs - we need more money to resettle them
e.g. we need more money for development, reconstruction
7. invite a team from them to take part in court proceedings if held in courts open to the public.
like the election.
ALL the IC approve, endorse and accept the PE as free and fair.
what a blow(job) for the gonz crowd!!!!
hiranthe,
that's another reason.
a free gonz = a free vezapillai.
ha ha ha...
Wonder how Day #2 went for the traitorous whoredog now in detention!
I gather the motherfucker has 3 good meals/day and also TV!
I am fucking mad with GOSL for being a pussy in this regard.
This motherfucker should have been sent to the same jails that are reserved for CRIMINALS who await prosecution in court.
In my view, the military jails and conditions should be even less "comfy" compared to the civilian ones as when you commit a "military crime" you are at a different league - a league that brings its own set of highly dangerous, national security implicated, connotations into play.
As such, I am truly SAD today that this motherfucker is having it cushy!!!
:(( :(( :((
OaO Asithri
Only reasons West "accepted" the result was because of huge turn out. They worked hard with Gonseka, UNP, media and their NGOs to produce as much violence as possible and then complain about it (trying to make what was by far the most peaceful election in terms of pre-poll violence, as if the most violent in the world). The whole point was to discredit the election process, use violence to lower the voter turn out (MRs support base) then get a close result, declare Tamilia as "king makers", Gonseka the victor, toss out MR and have Gonseka in power and let him install his dictatorship. If MR refused Gonseka would use his private Army since he already had the Wests "green light".
They begrudgingly accepted the result. They could not give a damn if all of Sri Lanka voted for MR, they would and are still trying to get rid of him.
Ananda bro, thanks for this very refreshing new thread!
I see it was even good enough to attract a couple of "dormant & undercover" eelam para-wesas"
LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
Moshe,
7. invite a team from them to take part in court proceedings if held in courts open to the public.
Sri Lanka is “internationalised” enough.
Policemen cannot arrest a dunk without the Wests “issuing concerns” and some tards calling it “abduction/HR violation”.
We should keep suddhas out of our courts.
Government should issue statements/reports throughout the trial giving limited details to apprise all on how events are preceding but not undermine it. They should also allow (limited numerbr of) patriotic media into the trial (e.g. Upali group, Ada Derana), no filming, give them guidelines on what they can report exactly, their presence is to merely to confirm what Government issues in its statements.
No state media.
If need be allow one Indian media out let in and tell them to do the same.
After trial is over they can release full details.
Hammer into their heads it is a PRIVELAGE they are being given.
but pol,
IF the procedings are open, why not???
SL DO have a transparent legal process and system.
they will surely complain about the DRACONIAN LAWS, etc. but that is the law.
they may air opinions that this is bad that is bad. doesn't matter.
convince them that sri lanka has a law.
made over 63 years.
by corrupt, chauvinistic, majoritarian, nationalist, jingoistic, sarong clad MPs
and that is that.
and the law had its course in the case of gonz.
e.g. SL village marriages are not like in NY.
SL men fcuk around but they need a cunt that will bleed with penetration. then a white cloth with blood will be checked by the in-laws of the bride for virginity.
barbaric??? SL men shouldn't be allowed to marry??? western women's right activists would say.
f-off suddas. this is how we FCUK in this part of the world!!!
Any news on Gonseka??
Someone said he is busy lying through his teeth again saying, "i said no such thing" (with regards to BBC "interview"). And denying any knowledge of the Military officers he brought into his campaign and arrested in his office when he was right there.
Suddhas are shocked because they were going to use him.
I believe they are worried he may unravel the connections between him and them, hence the some what muted responses (I was expecting some loud mouth statements, guess we will have to wait and see).
OAOA,
gonzeka diary
day#1
GR came with a hot iron rod. i begged him. he went away.
karannagoda came with anoma. a blasted them in filth. they said i'm mad.
i banged all the glass stuff on the floor.
they gave me food in a dog plate. the roti was not perfect. i stuffed it in my mouth this time, for a change.
i shagged and slept most of the time.
day #2
GR came with the hot iron rod again. i begged him. he went away cursing.
i peeped from the window and looked at women. jackedoff. i told anoma to bring some porn pics. they confiscated them.
i said i need a shave. they gave me a blade and an old fashioned razor. i cut MY ear this time. for a change.
i said i want to hold a press conference. they told me to kiss their arses.
i said i'm the president.
they said saddam fhussein too said that in prison.
i said i'm going mad. they said it is part of therapy. kalaweddas.
Moshe,
What makes their dirty media so special? We should allow private patriotic local media and one or two Indian outlets if things go down this root.
Allowing them in would be the same as what Ranil/TNA/NGOs do by opening the door to foreign interference and always making deals with Western embassies.
They will go out of their way to undermines our entire judicial process and try and then "internationalise" that as well. Keep them out.
PolS
[They begrudgingly accepted the result. They could not give a damn if all of Sri Lanka voted for MR, they would and are still trying to get rid of him.]
Very true.
As you said, even the western gooks were surprised at the turn out and how MR won. Clearly this was not what they had bargained for...clearly, they had been misled by the Pawnseka clan who had boasted of getting a minimum 52%.
So, yes, now the gooks are at it to see how best to usurp MR from power now that the "legal route" fizzled out.
Judging by the sudden interest of all kinds of western gooks, including of the "unusual" interest from a high ranking US state dept. official, Philip Crowley, about "Sarath Fonseka's well being,"
ha ha ha...looks like this is what we call in Sinhela "Puhul hora karen danai"...(the honeydew thief can be spotted from just looking at his shoulder)!!!
Yeah, how the pro-LTTE Amnesty International, pro-LTTE UN departments including Ban Ki's corrupt office, etc. rushed out of the woodwork alone tells us that this plot is much, much bigger than most of can fathom.
Looks like this was a well thought out plan - to carry out a forced removal of the populist govt of Sri Lanka and then install a pro-Tamileelamist, pro-west govt of Sri Lanka that would have seen Sri Lanka end up as the next Cypress.
Time to stand firm GOSL...time to explain your position to our friends (Russia, China, India, etc.) and seek their moral support to once again withstand yet another LTTE-sympathetic onslaught against Sri Lanka from those hypocrites in the west.
OaO Asithri
OaO Asithri
Moshey
Thank man for that "diary of Pawnseka"...ha ha ha... I am truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
The visit also saw the finalization of two Agreements. The first, an MOU for the promotion of mass communications, is aimed at augmenting people-to-people contact and cultural relations between the two countries. The other relates to a line of credit for 300 million US Dollars which will be used among others for the purchase of multi-purpose equipment including for defence.
AT report on Russia trip.
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/02/10/longstanding-cooperation-and-assistance-received-russia-recalled
Moshe,
Your Fonseka diary is Tamilnet.tv material. Ha ha ha...
I heard that too...that this backbonelss Ponnaseka is not too far from pointing out who put him up for all this anti-SL antics, especially which western embassies in SL were his "pillars of strength" !!!
wow!
This is sure to get real ugly before it gets to be pristine !!!
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
There is some disagreement as to whether SF should be tried by a military court, or by a civil court.
The basic consideration in deciding this depends on which system has JURISDICTION over the case.
It seems that the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka has JURISDICTION over the case of Gen. Sarath Fonseka, as according to Sri Lankan Law, he remains a Military Officer for six months from the date of his resignation from the military, and the charges against him stem from his actions before the expiration of this period.
I have no further information on the Military Justice system in Sri Lanka. The material given below on the Military Court system in the US was obtained from Wikipedia.org:
1. Military Justice
2. Courts-Martial
3. Military Tribunal
CIVIL COURTS
In most countries, there are many levels of courts. In the US there are municipal, county, state and federal courts. Above all of them, there is the Supreme Court. The rule is to allocate JURISDICTION over a case to the lowest level of this hierarchical system that has jurisdiction, and then to proceed up the hierarchy within that system, if the matter is not resolved at the lower level, and if an appeal is filed in a higher court that also has jurisdiction.
MILITARY COURTS
Military courts can be broadly classified into two broad categories: Courts-Martial having jurisdiction over members of the same military, and Military Tribunals having jurisdiction over "enemy combatants."
COURT-MARTIAL
A court-martial is a military court. These military courts can determine punishments for members of the military subject to military law who are found guilty or may dismiss the charges based on the evidence and the case presented. Most militaries maintain a court-martial system to try cases in which a breakdown of military discipline may have occurred. Some countries, however, have no court-martial in time of peace: this is the case in France and Germany for example where civil courts are used instead.[1] In addition, courts-martial may be used to try prisoners of war for war crimes. The Geneva Convention requires that POWs who are on trial for war crimes be subject to the same procedures as would be the holding army's own soldiers. Additionally, most navies have a standard court martial which convenes whenever a ship is lost; this does not necessarily mean that the captain is suspected of wrongdoing, but merely that the circumstances surrounding the loss of the ship would be made part of the official record. Many ship captains will actually insist on a court-martial in such circumstances.
Courts Martial Jurisdiction
Courts martial have the authority to try a wide range of military offences, many of which closely resemble civilian crimes like fraud, theft or perjury. Others, like cowardice, desertion, and insubordination are purely military crimes. Punishments for military offences range from fines and imprisonment to execution. Military offences are defined in the Army Act, Royal Air Force Act and Royal Navy Act for members of the British Military. Regulations for the Canadian Forces are found in the Queen's Regulations and Orders. For members of the United States they are covered under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). These offences, their corresponding punishments and instructions on how to run a court martial, are explained in detail based on each country and/or service.
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MILITARY TRIBUNALS
A military tribunal, on the other hand, is a kind of military court designed to try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. The judges are military officers and fulfill the role of jurors. Military tribunals are distinct from courts-martial.
A military tribunal is an inquisitorial system based on charges brought by a military authority, prosecuted by a military authority, judged by military officers, and sentenced by military officers against a member of an adversarial force.
Military Tribunal Jurisdiction
Courts-martial usually take jurisdiction only over members of their own military and sometimes, civilians present with them. Even when court-martial procedures are used to try enemies, the body convened is often instead called a military tribunal or military commission.
A military tribunal or military commission, in contrast, is generally used to refer to bodies who assert jurisdiction over persons who are held in military custody and stand accused of being enemies in a conflict in which the military is engaged who are combatants who have violated a law of war.
As Gen. Sarath Fonseka is not an enemy combatant, the military court that will try him is a Court-Martial; not a Military Tribunal.
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Courts-martial in the United States
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) defines military offenses and trial procedures for courts-martial.
As in all United States criminal courts, courts-martial are adversarial proceedings. Military lawyers of the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) representing the government and appointed military lawyers representing the accused present and argue relevant facts, legal aspects, and theories before a military judge. The accused can also hire civilian representation at their own expense.
The lawyers must follow military rules of procedure and evidence as allowed by the presiding judge. During these trial proceedings, the military judge decides questions of law. In non-capital cases, the accused may request to be tried by the military judge alone or by a jury, however, discretion in granting such request lies with the military judge. A court-martial jury is called a panel of members. This panel decides questions of fact as allowed by law, unless the accused chooses to be tried by judge alone, in which case the judge will resolve questions of law and questions of fact. Both the court-martial members and the military judge are members of the armed forces. Members of a court-martial are commissioned officers, unless the accused is a warrant officer or enlisted member and requests that the membership reflect their position by including warrant or enlisted members. Only a court-martial can determine innocence or guilt.
The only U.S. soldier to have been executed for desertion since the end of the American Civil War was Private Eddie Slovik, during World War II.
Levels of courts-martial in the US
Three levels of courts-martial can be convened depending on the severity of the offense(s): Summary (which can confine junior enlisted to up to 30 days), Special (which, depending on the charges, can confine an accused up to a year and give a bad-conduct discharge to enlisted) and General (which, depending on the charges, can sentence an accused to death or life imprisonment, and give a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge or a dismissal to officers). Officers are not tried at summary courts-martial and enlisted members have an absolute right to refuse summary court.
Unlike federal courts established under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, a court-martial is established under Article I and does not exist until its creation is ordered by a commanding officer. Such officers are called court-martial convening authorities. The legally operative document that a convening authority uses to create a court-martial is called a court-martial convening order.
General courts-martial require an investigating officer, with at least the rank of captain (naval lieutenant), or other officer with legal training, to hold a hearing to review government evidence which outlines the elements of the alleged crime. These investigations are referred to as Article 32 hearings because they are described in article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). In the Air Force and Navy the Investigating Officer is usually a JAG officer, in the Army it is usually a non-lawyer. The accused is present and has an attorney to examine evidence and testimony. The Article 32 hearing is a major discovery tool for the defense. The investigating officer then sends the report with recommendations to the convening authority, who may then refer the case for court-martial.
Convening authorities may decide on actions other than court-martial, especially when the government case is weak. The charges may be dismissed or disposed of at a lower level, and include actions such as administrative reprimands, summary courts-martial, nonjudicial punishment, or administrative separation.
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Courts-martial have universal jurisdiction over active duty military personnel, subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This means that no matter where a service member is in the world, if they are on active duty, they can be tried by a court-martial. Under new laws to deal with contractors operating abroad with the armed forces, some civilians are also subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
If a service member is court-martialed and they feel that the result was unjust, then the service member can submit their case to the convening authority, which is the officer (usually a general or admiral) that originally had the service member court-martialed. This is similar to asking a civilian governor for clemency or a pardon. After clemency requests the service member may submit their case for review to the Court of Criminal Appeal for their branch. See Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeal, Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals
Cases can be further appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the Supreme Court of the United States.
As the final last resort, the convicted service member can ask for executive clemency also known as a 'reprieve', or a pardon from the President.
Ananda,
As I understand, a soldier can be prosecuted until 6 months have passed since the retirement, but for offenses committed while he was in the army. Irrespective of military code, SF has violated the state secrets act. SF is toast either way.
Now which MOTHERFUCKER is afraid to post in this blog and for what reason may I ask ???
Bring it on Anti-SL, pro-Tamileelamist MOTHERFUCKERS of all stripes...we will respond in kind.
We did that all the way from 2005 November until May 18th 2009 and we will continue to do it for another such period if we have to...no, we will never ever let our guard down! You whorebitches are just "breakfast" for us !!!
Our motto today is no different to what the Jews have:
"Never Again"
OaO Asithri
Ananda bro
[There is some disagreement as to whether SF should be tried by a military court, or by a civil court.]
Thinking along the lines of highest order anti-SL traitors, let me recall...how was that bitch Prabhakaran tried...damn it, I forget how.
See what happens when you advance in age ???
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
So, once again Ranil the Ponna Huttha got a kick in the arse (diplomatically speaking) from India when he dashed off there and fell at Manmohan Singh's feet and started licking his Beaded & Sequin Leather Slippers !!!
Stupid, shamless bloody balu-kukka...this ponna-bitch has no shame. At the drop of a hat, instead of fighting like a man, he would run to foreigners and cry over his woes and the funny thing is they are now laughing behind his back (from what I gather through the grapevine through some of my "highly placed" capital markets markets honchos who hob-knob those in "corridors of power" in Washington, London, etc.) !!!
OaO Asithri
So, Anoma cried I hear. One dude who witnessed it first hand told me it was a moving experience...what he meant was seeing a lying bitch of the "once-highest-echelon of the establishment" cry crocodile tears now in front of cameras gave him a hard on he said !!!
Shit, I told him he must get better control of his libido !!!
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
Sri Lanka AG to decide whether to court martial General Fonseka
ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Feb 09, Colombo: After compilation of the summary of evidence, Sri Lanka's Attorney General will determine whether to court martial the arrested former Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka, the Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe said today.
Addressing the media briefing held today at the Media Center for National Security, Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said the former Army Commander was arrested Monday for violating the 57(1) clause of the Army Act.
The Spokesman said the military police are conducting inquiries into General Fonseka's alleged connections and dealings of political nature while being a member of the national Security Council which is the most powerful body in charge of national security.
Any Army officer or soldier after resigning or retiring from the Army, is bound by the Army Act for a period of six months, the Defence Spokesman added.
Answering a question the Military Spokesman said any one guilty in a Court Martial has the right to appeal against the verdict in the Court of Appeal and finally in the Supreme Court.
The Military Spokesman said General Fonseka is not hindered from exercising all his constitutional rights and he has access to his lawyer and family. He may nominate his own lawyer, the Spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the civilians already arrested by the police have been handed over to the CID for further inquiries.
General Fonseka was arrested Monday night by the military police at his office in Colombo for committing military offences.
Fonseka arrest could be poll issue
B. Muralidhar Reddy
The Hindu
February 09, 2010
COLOMBO: With the dissolution of the Sri Lankan Parliament expected on Tuesday and the general election scheduled for the first half of April, the arrest of the former Army Chief and consensus Opposition presidential candidate, General Sarath Fonseka, could be one of the main poll issues.
Though nearly two weeks have passed since the January 26 presidential election, there is no coherent explanation from either Gen (retd.) Fonseka or the Opposition leaders who rooted for him on what prompted them to leave their offices and homes and hire a whole floor of a five-star hotel. Their account that it was meant to pre-empt an operation by the government to round up the General and all the other leaders, only leads to more questions.
If the intelligence agencies were keeping vigil outside their offices and homes, how did the Opposition leaders assume that they could move into the hotel premises without being noticed?
Their justification, that they were convinced of victory in the polls and by their collective presence at the hotel, could halt the plans of the Rajapaksa regime to stage a ‘political coup’ to stop the smooth transfer of power, makes little sense. No political leader with a basic understanding of the ground realities could be expected to move into a star hotel, leaving the counting centres entirely to the charge of second and third-rung leaders particularly when they had reckoned it as a do or die election for Mr. Rajapaksa.
Little wonder, once the election results started trickling in, their main charge was that while the voting process as such as was a peaceful affair, there was massive fraud in the counting process!
According to the retired General by the single click of a mouse, 1.4 million votes he had polled were transferred to the kitty of the President. The charge has been categorically denied by those connected intimately with the counting process including Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka. This correspondent, who was one of the few journalists who met Gen (retd.) Fonseka in the wee hours of January 27, heard no such complaint from him in the course of the 10 minute informal conversation that was recorded by an Indian television channel. “So far only results of postal ballots of a few districts have been declared. They are no more than 40,000. Just wait for and watch the results. I am winning,” he had said.
Within hours after it became clear that Mr. Rajapaksa was headed for a second term with a thumping majority, hordes of reporters from the electronic and print media descended on the hotel premises. General Fonseka showed up only after keeping them waiting for hours and insisted he was the choice of the people and Mr. Rajapaksa ‘has stolen the verdict.’
True, the military surrounded the hotel, with hundreds of heavily-armed troops and police, and checked anyone entering or leaving. But, there was no restriction on the entry or exit of any one wanting to go inside. Mr. Rajapaksa, in his first informal interaction with the media outside the Election Commission on the evening of January 27, dismissed the Opposition claims as ridiculous, and made light of their allegations that he had deployed the state machinery to arrest the Opposition leaders. “What is the problem of the General? If he has any issues related to his security he can always contact me directly. After all he was my former Army Chief,” Mr. Rajapaksa said in response to a pointed question.
Fonseka arrest could be poll issue
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Addressing a news conference from the safe house, Gen (retd.) Fonseka claimed that the Department of Immigration and Emigration had been instructed to prevent him, his son-in-law Danuna Tillekeratne and several other people from leaving the country. He reiterated claims that there was a move to assassinate him and pointed out that security was reduced from 90 soldiers to three police constables and one inspector. “You can’t go to the police or the courts. You can be arrested at any time. There’s no media freedom. Everyone is under pressure and cannot carry out their rightful duties.”
Gen (retd.) Fonseka warned that if he were killed, the government’s “secrets” would be exposed. He told the media that he had written an affidavit that would be made public upon his death. On January 30, the Director General of the Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle, came out with a startling disclosure that the retired General and the former military officers and soldiers with him had hatched a conspiracy to wage a military coup and organise the assassination of Mr. Rajapaksa and his brothers including Defence Secretary, Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Senior Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapaksa.
Simultaneously, a massive raid on Gen (retd.) Fonseka’s election office was conducted and over 15 former military officers and aides were taken into custody in connection with the coup conspiracy. In addition, a major re-shuffle in the top ranks of the military ranks was carried and all the elements suspected to be close to Fonseka were transferred.
As of February 4, at least 37 people are being held in Sri Lanka in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The state owned English paper, Daily News reported that most of those detained under emergency regulations are military officers.
A day before, 14 officers including five holding the rank of Major General were sent on compulsory retirement on the ground that they had dabbled in politics. It said those being held included a brigadier, a colonel, army deserters and four civilians. The magnitude of the purge could be gauged from the simple fact that the Major General asked to pack up and leave accounted for nearly ten per cent of their equivalent rank officers in the Army that has strength of 200,000.
The Government controlled English paper Daily News said the police were also holding two Tamils, accused of supplying arms said to have been found in a central Colombo temple. An opposition politician, Jayalath Jayawardena, told the BBC the account was false, malicious and fabricated and maintained that weapons had been planted in the temple by government supporters and that its chief monk was being harassed for supporting Gen Fonseka. Reports say the monk is among those under arrest.
Fonseka arrest could be poll issue
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The first official acknowledgement of the military purge came in the form of a brief statement from the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS). It said, “Officers who served as political party members during the Presidential election, breaching Military discipline will be sent on mandatory retirement”.
MCNS claimed that there is confirmation that several Military Officers had been involved in the activities of political parties during and after the election. “Accordingly, initiatives have been taken to send them on retirement regardless of their rank, MCSN revealed, pointing out that maintaining discipline within the Security Forces is an important factor and that politicization of the Armed forces should be prevented. Retaining the Officers who had interfered in political activities during their service period will have a direct impact on the country’s security”.
That there is no love lost between the President and General Fonseka much before he chose to become the rallying point in the Presidential election for all the political foes of Mr. Rajapaksa was known to all Lanka watchers. The matter was made public by none other than Fonseka when he decided to go public with his much publicisied letter citing 16 reasons that prompted him to part company with the Army.
/Anoma Fonseka and Wijedasa Rajapaksa have visited Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka yesterday with food and medicine and had a three hour meeting, Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Prasad Samarasinghe told Ada Derana./
Too bad the other 'women affairs guy' - chief joker - missed the chance..
‘Fonseka can be tried within 6 months’
ExpressBuzz.com
February 10, 2010
COLOMBO: Retired army personnel could be tried by court martial for misdeeds committed while in service, within six months of their leaving the force, according to the Sri Lankan Army Act, a legal expert told Express here on Monday.
He said that the lawyers of the former Army Commander, Gen Sarath Fonseka, were wrong when they told the media that Fonseka could not be arrested under the Army Act and tried by a military court because he was no longer in the army. He prematurely retired on November 16, last year.
But the expert said that it was well within the rights of the Military Police to arrest Fonseka and the government to say that he would be tried by court martial for his “military crimes” because six months had not elapsed since he left the army.
Under the Army Act, arrests are carried out by the Military Police. There are two types of arrests, Open Arrest and Closed Arrest. In the case of Open Arrest, the person held is allowed to move about in the camp and talk to who ever he may want to. But in the case of Close Arrest, he is confined and held incommunicado.
The investigating agency then presents the arrested man with a summary of charges, which should be given to him within 48 hours of arrest. This is followed by the presentation of the summary of evidence. When this is being done, the man arrested is allowed to cross-examine those who give evidence against him.
In this he can take the help of a friend, but not a legal counsel.
Once the summary of evidence is finalised, it is presented to the Army Commander who constitutes a court martial .
Whether the arrested man should be given bail or not is decided by the court martial and not a civilian court. However, the arrested man can employ a lawyer to defend him from this stage.
Legal experts expect case to proceed fast, on a day to day basis.
A verdict might be pronounced in a matter of weeks, they said.
The court martial might either release a man, sentence him to a term of imprisonment or even to death. However, in Sri Lanka, by convention, death penalties are not carried out but are converted to life imprisonment.
Cry bitch Cry...Cry your fucking eyes and heart out!
Do we give a flying FUCK?
NO!
I see you made an appeal to "mothers" and "women" of SL to come forward and bail out your traitorous, whoredog husband - and I guess you can do it under the democracy that still prevails under our President MR (we all know it would be different had you whoredog husband had won the PE on Jan 26th).
However blood bitch...your tears are not going to have any impact on us, any higher importance to us Sri Lankan Patriots than the TEARS OF MOTHERLANKA still being shed on account of losing over 27,000 sons to the heinous LTTE TERRORISM that your motherfucking husband was now out to revive once again (i.e. by hob-knobing and embracing pro-LTTE Mano Ganeshan and Hardcore-LTTE TNA) !!!
Cry Bitch Cry...we will laugh !!!
Hope you will not spoil the seats of that U$400,000 Mercedes Benz Mahinda Rajapakse govt of Sri Lanka gave to your ungrateful whoredog husband, with your copious crocodile tears !!!
OaO Asithri
"Anoma Fonseka and Wijedasa Rajapaksa have visited Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka yesterday"
However there were some sightings of Anoma and Wijedasa checking into a Colombo hotel room upon leaving the Navy quarters that hold the whoredog.
wow!
Make hay while the sun shines?
Or, should I say, roll in the hay while sun is away?
LMSSAO!!! Truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
p.s. this is what happens when an uneducated whorebitch, a horny cunt who now thinks that she is "it" tries to insult and accuse my most sacred 2500 year old MotherLanka.
MotherLanka RULES!!!
Any doubts? Say so and...
I will piss on you!!!
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
I am against war crimes or any other crimes. I am agianst if our foreign thugs try to get Sri Lanka in to war path again by this or that means.
Since there were no big outcry against LTTE suicide killing and LTTE taking Tamil Civilians as human shield (yes there was a whisper of pretence) this outcry again the great hallucinator's (Remember the person who makes war crimes accusations says that he is the President of Sri Lanka) made up war crime should have another motive. This motive is to put Sri Lanka in war path again.
Now the war is over. We do not need to go to war over the war.During the war I insisted that civilian safety is paramount but the war cannot be stopped since civilians are getting killed. We just needed to take extreme care to avoid unnecessary deaths.
I am convinced that our true heros sacrificed their limbs and lives just to save civilian lives. I do not see that has been mentioned in the Western media.
So the aim is clear. It is to discredit Sri Lanka so that the True Sun God the second can take reign.
I heard that this True Son God the second was notoriously famous about a lot of killing. Then why does the West support him if this is truly about war crime. No this is about Sri Lanka and its refusal to surrender its Soveringnity to Vp.
If Civilians have been killed deliberately by soldiers that should be investigated.
If many other people surrendered are being looked after the so called surrendees who had been killed might have been attempting could have had other plans.
Any way in Ambalangoda SF claimed responsibility for this white flag thing. As usual now he tries to put other guys.
To clear the soul of Sri Lanka yes there must be a truth commission, but not now. What we now need is stability and development.
I wonder why these so called humanitarians were silent when Ture Sun God the First killed innocent babies, monks and took Civilians as human shield.
Asithri this Ranil mutt is a real loser. All he does is run to his white-masters and pour scorn on the country, thinking people here do not realise what he is up then patting himself on the back thinking he is real "smart". Why doesn't he try effecting his "regime change" by engaging the people of Sri Lanka and the vote? Well he knows the result.
Just shows how inept these Colombians are. It also shows their frustration with being out of power for so long, they always run to their masters outside of Sri Lanka and still wonder why they loose elections?
I wish we could jail this monkey, (of course put him in jail with female prisoners, no need to reward him) and try him for treason, special clause must be added to legalise shooting him at Galle face.
I understand the political issues involved with getting rid of him, and it can only be done when the UNP gets a new leader and Ranil is relegated (of course not yet, MR has a GE to win haha). But damn it will be a good day when he is arrested, again we should use female officers, he would get no pleasure from being man handled if the arresting officers are women.
Yeah That is right. SF should be given medication. I have no problem with that.
The above claim of mine does not come from the religious worship,
"SF is the True Son God the Second so he should not be touched but should be worshipped."
Yeah That is right. SF should be given medication. I have no problem with that.
The above claim of mine does not come from the religious worship,
"SF is the True Son God the Second so he should not be touched but should be worshipped."
Coud this medication accusation be some thing like "I am the President " type,
or
Or Election Commissioner was thretened at Gun point to change the result,
The challenge for Mr. Disanayaka to go abroad and claim that he was never threatened (but Now he is in Nepal)..
There should be a limit to the play with the Nation.
These lies and people who knowingly defend these lies are traitors of the Nation.
My Comment at DBSJ's Blog
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Gen. Sarath Fonseka's manner of arrest was of his own choosing.
It is not for him to dictate who is to arrest him; that is within the purview of the Government law enforcement authorities, military or civil.
He should know to comply immediately without resisting, if he wanted to be treated with respect. In the US, it is normal for authorities to immediately handcuff the person arrested. They routinely take all measures necessary, including bodily carrying the person, and restraining him with force, if necesary, during an arrest. It does not matter who that person is, once a legal order to arrest has been issued .. the subject must comply.
It is also a crime to resist arrest by law enforcement officers; that charge can and is usually levied against those who resist arrest.
Gen. Fonseka is no novice in these matters. As the former Army Chief, and later the Chief of Defense Forces, he was responsible for enforcing military justice. He should have known better than to resist.
Perhaps he was deluded by his inflated ego and vanity to believe himself to be above the Laws of the Land.
It is also curious that the former head of the Armed Forces had so little knowledge of Military Law that he was unaware that the Military System of Justice had Jurisdiction over him, until six months has elapsed after leaving the Service.
That is ENTIRELY consistent with his INATTENTION to REGISTERING TO VOTE in the Presidential election. What do we have here .. an illiterate of monumental proportion?
He also formed a paramilitary group composed of Army deserters, knowing full well that harboring deserters is a crime in Sri Lanka. He should have known better .. after all he was Army Chief and the Chief of the Defence Forces. These transgressions do not begin to define the full scope of his violation of Civil and Military Laws.
This is a man who blinded by unbounded personal ambition, betrayed his brothers-in-arms, allied himself with the stooges of his former enemies (TNA), and former terrorists who inflicted violence upon the people of Sri Lanka on two occasions (JVP), and a man who was ready to partition and deliver Sri Lanka, bound hand-and-foot, to its enemies (RW, UNP).
Please do not abandon your senses to emotion and embrace this foolish, unprincipled man who is now REAPING the consequences of the seeds of unbounded ambition and hate that he himself has SOWN!
The protest organized by the opposition against the detention of Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka at Hulftsdorp has come under the attack of thugs sponsored by a Provincial council member attached to the Government, JVP MP Sunil Hadunnetti told Ada Derana.
Hadunnetti added that thugs were pelting stones at their peaceful protest while the police looked on.
When contacted by Ada Derana Police Spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said that according to the information he received from the Keselwatte Police no incidents were reported from the said area.
If this were true then it is wrong.
Peaceful protest must be allowed,
But these are the people who said EC has changed the election result since he was threatened at the gun point.
EC was then challenged to reject the claim after going to an overseas country. Now he is in overseas.
These liers are trying to destroy the Nation for petty political gain.
More words from a kalu-suddhas:
"Anonymous said...
Nut,
Few questions.
You say “nobody is above the law.” Is this applicable to Shaveendra De Silva too? Or is he exempted?
If it is applicable and *assuming* he did commit war crimes shouldn’t he brought before the law and have a 'fair' trial?
*Assuming* Shaveendra committed war crimes (perhaps ones shown in Channel 4 video) is it ‘betrayal’ revealing them?
So is truth bad and lies good?
Please don’t bluff (I see you usually do when faced with questions you cannot answer)
Appreciate you trying to give direct answers.
2/09/2010 10:42 PM
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War crimes threat is not purely about taking our leaders to pa european prison. The big thing most of you fail to see is that, although it is not so easy to imprison SL's leaders, the unnecessary propa that this provides easily bails out tigers from many crimes. It builds an air of sympathy for them, feeding suspicion on SLDF and their conduct of war, and providing "evidence" to any international movement against SL, some even tigers set up. SF was laying golden eggs for eelamists in past two months.
Asithri;
Small correction.
[[this is what happens when an uneducated whorebitch, a horny cunt who now thinks that she is "it" tries to insult and accuse my most sacred 2500 year old MotherLanka.]]
It is lot more than 2500years old mate. It has been there as good as any time measure can do.
No tears for Fonseka
H. L. D. Mahindapala
Lankaweb.com
February 09, 2010
Retired General Sarath Fonseka is one of those tragic Shakesperean heroes who is doomed because of a fatal flaw in his character. In short, Fonseka has been the main cause of his own downfall. In the last few days Fonseka was asking for it and he got it last night. He was challenging the government to arrest him if they have any charges against him and when the Military Police went to arrest him he resisted. He had to be dragged out initially though he walked the last steps to the van in which he was taken to security quarters at Sri Lankan Navy.
The irony is that Fonseka who was challenging the government to arrest him was refusing to walk out like a gentlemen and an officer to face his accusers. This is typical of Fonseka. He should have honoured his own words and, knowing the law, cooperated with the Military Police as there was no point in resisting arrest. He may have been putting up a show for Soma-hansa Amerasinghe, Rauf Hakeen, Mano Ganesan and a couple of retired officers but what good would that do to him?
The resistance he put up at his flat at Rajakeeya Mawatha was unworthy of a man who holds the rank of a General. That is the behaviour of a kudu karaya. It is as if he was admitting guilt even before he is taken to trial. Besides, there was no bravery in resisting his own officers whom he had trained to carry out orders from higher echelons. In resisting arrest Fonseka was creating another sorry scene which is not in keeping with his high rank.
According to media reports the charges read to him include
* Engaging in political activity aimed at targeting and undermining the state which he was sworn to serve whilst in uniform
* Conspiring against his Commander-in-Chief whilst holding the highest rank in the Army
* Creating a private army of more than 1,500 deserters whilst holding the office of the Army Commander in pursuit of his self-serving politics, and
*. Engaging in corrupt practices in procuring arms for the forces.
In this short list he has been let off lightly. Perhaps, there are more to come. But the most criminal charge that should be levelled against him is that of betraying his own comrades and expressing his willingness to name them in an international court, assuming that they had committed war crimes.
It is incredible that an Army Commander who earned his glory and spurs on the bravery and sacrifices of his forces should turn around now to bring his own rank file into disrepute and blackmail the state and the nation with threats of exposing them in an international court for carrying out his own orders as Army Commander. Amazingly, he talks now as if he was not a part and parcel of the Army which, according to him, had committed war crimes.
It is his state of mental balance that is in question when he makes allegations against his own forces during the time he was the Army Commander. How can an army commit war crimes without the knowledge of the Army Commander? If his rank and file committed war crimes without his knowledge then he was not fit to be the Army Commander. Besides, if he knows anything about the law of war crimes he should be aware that the ultimate responsibility lies with him. More so, because he has claimed credit for all the successes in the battle field. He just can’t get away with getting all the credit for himself for the victories and passing the blame for things that wrong to the others.
No tears for Fonseka
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In his own words he has absolved all responsibility of any alleged crimes attributed to the Defence Secretary – his main target in his accusations — when he declared that Defence Secretary was sitting in his air-conditioned room fiddling with his ties while he, as Army Commander, supervised and directed every move from Mavil Aru to Nandikadal. If the Defence Secretary was fiddling with his ties in the comfort of his air-conditioned room, without interfering in the battlefield, how on earth could he have committed war crimes? If what Fonseka says is true – and we, for the sake argument, provisionally accept his word that he alone is the hero who won the war — then he is responsible not only for victory but also for the war crimes, which he never questioned or investigated or named names when he was the Army Commander.
In his naïve approach, he wants to have it both ways. He wants to be the good boy for the victories and name bad boys for what they did under his command. That cock won’t fight, General, even in gam sabaha court. What is worse, he is accusing innocent people, who had no input into the war effort as the guilty party. of the Commander-in-Chief or the Defence Secretary, then how can he point a finger at them now, or for that matter any other authority or officer, for any alleged war crimes.
Sri Lankan soldiers who followed him loyally must be dying a thousand deaths now when they heard over the Sinhala Service of the BBC yesterday that “he (Fonseka) is prepared to give evidence in an international court on war crime charges against Sri Lanka.”
BBC added: “General Sarath Fonseka speaking to journalists in Colombo on Monday said, “I am not going to save anyone who has committed war crimes”.
”I am definitely going to reveal what I know, what I was told and what I heard. Any one who has committed war crimes should definitely be brought into courts,” Gen. Fonseka said.
”Those who reveal the truth are not traitors” he added, said the BBC report.
What did he know? What was told to him and by whom? And what did he hear and from whom? These are questions he should be asked at the trial along with the most important question: what was he doing about it when he directed every inch of the operation, according to his claim?
What takes Mongala away from the whole SF drama? What happened to the co-media spokesperson cum agra-purohitha? Does this mean taht slapping story if true?
SF deserves this for his threat on so called war crimes. But Mongala deserves double it for breaking up patriots and destroying a good portion of our victory in 2009.
Where is he?
No tears for Fonseka
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From what he suggests it seems that the Army, under his command, has committed serious war crimes. Is this the voice of a frustrated presidential candidate who has been rejected by a thumping majority 1.8 million people? Or is this the voice of a vindictive hate-monger who is attempting to blacken the image of the nation for his personal gain? Both add up to the same figure of a failed egotist whose future is in the past. These statements do not enhance his image as a hero of the nation. In fact, with each statement he makes he goes down in the estimation of the public that hero-worshipped him. However, what he says is no doubt music to the NGOs, anti-Sri Lankan governments in the West and the defeated coalition of no-hopers who were gathered around him at the time of his arrest.
It is not surprising that Ranil Wickremesinghe was not there last night to hand him tissues for his tears. He is distancing himself from Fonseka because he does not smell so good as in the start. The move of the government to arrest Fonseka has come as an unexpected gift to Wickremesinghe, who, no doubt will shed copious tears. Government has done for him what he could not do: removed Fonseka from the political scene which, Wickremesinghe hopes, would resolve his main problem of eliminating him as a rival. The upshot of all this has thrown the lean-to opposition coalition into total disarray.
The government’s move to try Fonseka in a military court is justified and valid. He is not tried for his politics as a presidential candidate but for engaging covertly and even overtly at times to undermine the authority of the democratically elected state whilst holding the highest office in the Army. As everyone knows, he was making overseas call from America to Tilvin Silva, the JVP mouthpiece, to get his advice on how to go ahead with his moves in USA to put the Rajapakses in the dock with accusations of war crimes. .
It is the JVP that gave him this dead rope in the first place. The Soma-hansas, who were just tall enough to lick the boots of the general, are responsible for leading him down the path of self-destruction. Their manipulations and promises of greatness to come fed the hate and ego of Fonseka whose main objective was to bring down the Rajapakses who gave him everything. Even now his statements are soaked in bitter bile. That is not the stuff of democratic and humane politics.
As long as he is immersed in hate he will never redeem himself. It is difficult to shed tears for a man who hates his former patrons so much – a drama reminiscent of the Guttila– Moosila jataka tale — and has no compunction in letting down his own forces for the sake of his petty self-interest.
OK, Patriots .. Here it is!
Parliamentary Election on April 08, 2010
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Sri Lanka parliamentary elections on April 8
ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Feb 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka will hold parliamentary elections on April 8 and nominations will be accepted from February 19 to 26, according to a Gazette notification issued on Wednesday.
The new parliament is scheduled to convene on April 22, 2010.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved the 225-member parliament effective midnight yesterday (09) under the powers vested in him under Article 70 of the Constitution and in pursuance of the provisions of Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act no. 1 of 1981, the government website said.
General elections will be held to select 196 members of the parliament. The other 29 will be chosen from the national lists of political parties and/or independent groups.
The current parliament elected in 2004 completes its six-year term by April 22 and according to the Elections Act, the elections for the new parliament should be held 6-8 after the dissolution.
දැනට යුධ හමුදා අත්අඩංගුවේ පසුවන හිටපු ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානී සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට විරුද්ධව සිටින ප්රධානතම සාක්ෂි කරුවෙක් වන්නේ ජවිපෙ ප්රධාන ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. අද එම පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේදී පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු මේ බව පැවසීය.
ඔහු ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානියාව සිටියදී එක්සත් ජනපද සංචාරය අතරතුරදී එරට නිලධාරීන් ප්රශ්ණ කිරීම් සඳහා උත්සාහ දරන ලද අවස්ථාවේ ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවශ්ය උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේ තමන් බව ටිල්වින් සිල්වා විසින් මාධ්ය වෙත උජාරුවෙන් පවසා සිටි බවත්, ආරක්ෂක මණ්ඩලය නියෝජනය කරමින් සිටියදී මෙන්ම යුධ හමුදාවේ සේවය කරමින් සිටියදී දේශපාලණය කිරීම යුධ හමුදාවේ විනය විරෝධී හැසිරීමක් නිසා ටිල්වින් සිල්වාගේ එම ප්රකාශයම ෆොන්සේකාට එරෙහි ප්රභල සාක්ෂියක් බවත් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙහිදී වැඩි දුරටත් අවධාරණය කලේය.
එමෙන්ම මේවන විටත් එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ සිටින මන්ත්රීවරයෙකුද ෆොන්සේකා හමුදා සේවයේ යෙදී සිටින කාලයේ තමන් සමඟ ගණුදෙනු කල බවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන තොරතුරු ආරක්ෂක අංශ වෙත ලබා දී ඇති බවත් වීරවංශ මහතා මාධ්යවේදීන්ට පවසා ඇත.
මේවන විටත් එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ සිටින මන්ත්රීවරයෙකුද ෆොන්සේකා හමුදා සේවයේ යෙදී සිටින කාලයේ තමන් සමඟ ගණුදෙනු කල බවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන තොරතුරු ආරක්ෂක අංශ වෙත ලබා දී ඇති බවත් වීරවංශ මහතා මාධ්යවේදීන්ට පවසා ඇත.
Friends,
Don't forget to vote in the General Election Poll on the Home Page of this SLDF Blog.
I predict 60-65% total vote for the UPFA!
A LANDSLIDE victory for the UPFA!
Jayawewa!
POL SAMBOL ET. AL,
THOSE COMMENTS IN DERANA ARE NOT CHARACTERISTIC OF KALU SUDDAS.
THEY ARE FROM WOUND LICKING EELAM STRAY CATS. THEIR TAMIL EELAM IS WORTH MORE THAN PREVENTING A GLOBAL WAR!
Sam
Is this your comment at DW or some one has stolen your handle?
HEY, PLEASE LET THIS COMMENT GET TO GOT AND MAHINDA.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH LTTE. IT WAS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY, SINHALEASE AND TAMILS.
YOU TWO WITH OTHER RELATIVES OF YOUR ROBBED ENOUGH. GIVE IT UP OR DIE LIKE NO BODY AS WHAT HAPPENED TO SF. "HERO TO ZERO"
WE WERE A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY...................
WHERE ARE YOU TALKING US, GREEDY BASTARDS.. YOU TWO WITH YOUR RELATIVES.
HEY GOTA, PLEASE CALM DOWN, WIJE WIMALARTHNEMAY HAVE THOUGHT YOU TO FUCK ANYBODY COME YOUR WAY.LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
PLEASE LET US LIVE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WITH OUT RAJAPAKSHA TERROR...
THANKS..
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The comment is not yours at all as it seems.
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