(Lanka-e-News -23.March.2016, 11.00PM) Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka together with president Maithripala Sirisena the commander in chief of the forces have created a world record !
That world record is , introducing a unique field marshal to the world who is not provided with even a soldier for his security protection, though this not a salutary world record, and which ought be unwelcome.
Believe it or not , the field marshal Sarath Fonseka the former amy commander who holds a most superior post among the forces has not been provided with even an army officer or a soldier for his security , whereas the ex defense secretary - just a retired army Colonel who fled the country in fear of the war to selfishly save only his life during the period when the country was torn apart by a raging war and when it needed him most , has been provided with a security detail comprising 50 soldiers . This is a record that should not only enter the Guiness book of records (ignominious) but also the Ripley’s book of ‘believe it or not’ . Besides this is the biggest joke of the century !
What’s more ? although the president said , politicians will not be accorded security detail , yet Mahinda Rajapakse has still been provided with a security detail of 150 soldiers by the army even now.
If Gotabaya is even now provided with a security contingent comprising 50 soldiers because he was attacked by a suicide bomber , and was the defense secretary during the tail end of the war , on the same token , the army commander who actually conducted the operations and won the war must be provided with a better security contingent. Besides , the ex army commander is now holding a ministerial portfolio in the cabinet and he too fell victim to an attack of a suicide bomber and even suffered worse. If it is the contention that Sarath Fonseka cannot be granted army security detail because he is a politician, then how come Mahinda Rajapakse who is also an M.P. has been provided with a security contingent comprising 150 soldiers?
According to army traditions, providing security detail to a retired Colonel is not a practice , but it is certainly a practice to provide security detail to a retired army commander until his death. Besides , even after his death , his widow is entiltled to have two soldiers for her security until her death. This is not a tradition confined only to Sri Lanka , but in many other countries too this tradition is followed in order to bestow honor on the retired army commanders.
When even the widow of former foreign minister Kadirgamar who died following an LTTE attack is still provided with two army soldiers for her security , the crucial question is , who has denied security detail to the retired army commander Field marshal Sarath Fonseka ? Moreover in which country are there forces that don’t provide army security to a Field marshal ?
It is the army intelligence unit that should hold itself responsible for this lapse . Army intelligence groups which are servile and subservient to Gotabaya naturally harbor a grudge against the field marshal. The reason for this is , Fonseka steadfastly standing by the justifiable view that , if war crimes have been committed , those responsible shall be duly punished. It is army intelligence unit that has taken upon its shoulders the reponsibility now of rescuing Gotabaya while also saving those lackeys in the army intelligence division who committed political murders at the behest of Gotabaya..
It is on this account , in every intelligence division report, it is mentioned that Gotabaya is under greater life threats than Sarath Fonseka , and therefore the former needs army protection.
In the circumstances , with the advent of the new government these harebrained heads of the army intelligence division who did all the sordid biddings of the Rajapakse regime should be replaced by neutral
non -partisan army intelligence division heads. If not it is the leaders of this new government who will have to pay the price with their lives.
Maithripala Sirisena as the commanding chief of the forces is duty bound to understand this well and thoroughly.
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