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By Colombo Telegraph \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRajapaksa told Ranil, \u2018You should have been the candidate. You would have got more votes.\u2019 He said Ranil was very reasonable, a professional politician, but a UNP \u2013 JVP alliance was unsustainable,\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ranil arrives Cinnamon Grand hotel to see Fonseka- \u2018I don\u2019t know anything about that. That\u2019s all Fonseka and the JVP\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n

The Colombo Telegraph found the relevant leaked cable from the WikiLeak database. The cable recounts details of a meeting the US Embassy has had with Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on February 2, 2010. The cable classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d by the ambassador Patricia A. Butenis.<\/p>\n

\u201cRajapaksa mentioned several conversations with UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. He had told Wickremesinghe that no one had anything to fear from the government, but that Fonseka was plotting violence. He said Ranil replied, \u2018I don\u2019t know anything about that. That\u2019s all Fonseka and the JVP.\u2019 Rajapaksa told Ranil, \u2018You should have been the candidate. You would have got more votes\u2019\u201d the Ambassador wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said Ranil was very reasonable, a professional politician, but a UNP \u2013 JVP alliance was unsustainable. The parties were diametrically opposed ideologically, and there was too much bad blood between those who remember the JVP insurrection against the UNP government of late 1980s. But Rajapaksa cautioned the JVP was very dangerous. He said the JVP had played hell in the villages during the presidential campaign,\u201d the Ambassador Butenis further wrote.<\/p>\n

Below we give\u00a0a part of the confidential cable.<\/p>\n

Related news links;<\/p>\n

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S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000085\r\n\r\nSIPDIS\r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INSB\r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 02\/02\/2020\r\nTAGS: PGOV<\/a> PREL<\/a> PREF<\/a> PHUM<\/a> PTER<\/a> EAID<\/a> MOPS<\/a> CE<\/a>\r\nSUBJECT: DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION\r\nDEVELOPMENTS\r\n\r\nREF: COLOMBO 81\r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000085  001.2 OF 002\r\n\r\nClassified By: AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS.  REASONS: 1.4 (B, D)\r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>1. (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya\r\nRajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext\r\nof discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S.\r\nmilitary.  As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the\r\ngovernment's position on the treatment of General Fonseka\r\nfollowing the January 26 presidential election.  He did not\r\nmention a coup attempt, as had been charged in the media, but\r\nsaid Fonseka was planning violent reprisals against the\r\nRajapaksas and their supporters if he had won.  He claimed\r\nFonseka his supporters had no reason to fear government\r\nreprisals but also warned there would be more transfers and\r\ncompulsory retirements of officers who were seen as Fonseka\r\nsupporters in the security forces.  END SUMMARY.\r\nDISCUSSIONS WITH RANIL WICKREMESINGHE\r\n-------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>5. (S) Rajapaksa mentioned several conversations with UNP\r\nleader Ranil Wickremesinghe.  He had told Wickremesinghe that\r\nno one had anything to fear from the government, but that\r\nFonseka was plotting violence.  He said Ranil replied, \"I\r\ndon't know anything about that.  That's all Fonseka and the\r\nJVP.\"  Rajapaksa told Ranil, \"You should have been the\r\ncandidate.  You would have got more votes.\"  He said Ranil\r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000085  002.2 OF 002\r\n\r\nwas very reasonable, a professional politician, but a UNP-JVP\r\nalliance was unsustainable.  The parties were diametrically\r\nopposed ideologically, and there was too much bad blood\r\nbetween those who remember the JVP insurrection against the\r\nUNP government of the late 1980s.  But Rajapaksa cautioned\r\nthe JVP was very dangerous.  He said the JVP had played hell\r\nin the villages during the presidential campaign.\r\nBUTENIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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