{"id":2812,"date":"2011-12-19T04:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2011-12-19T04:01:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T04:01:36","slug":"wikileaks-president-rajapaksa-is-courting-the-unp-karu-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-president-rajapaksa-is-courting-the-unp-karu-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: President Rajapaksa is courting the UNP &#8211; Karu to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2815\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu-colombotelegraph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2815\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2815\" title=\"Karu-colombotelegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu-colombotelegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu-colombotelegraph.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu-colombotelegraph-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karu Jayasuriya assessed that Rajapaksa is trying to garner majority support in parliament, which means courting the UNP, the second largest political party.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Colombo Telegraph-<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn a discussion with pol FSN, senior UNP official Karu Jayasuriya assessed that Rajapaksa is trying to garner majority support in parliament, which means courting the UNP, the second largest political party.\u201d the US Ambassador Robert O. Blake informed Washington, ten days before Karu Jayasuriya\u00a0 joined Mahinda Rajapaksa government with a group of UNP parliamentarians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeak database. The cable is classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d and written on January 10, 2007 by the US Ambassador to Colombo Robert O. Blake.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador wrote \u201cRajapaksa&#8217;s willingness to discuss his plans with Wickremesinghe is a positive sign cooperation between the two major parties might continue. However, to date, the MoU has yielded no solid results, other than UNP parliamentary support for the president&#8217;s budget. When Wickremesinghe signed an MoU with the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), many analysts believed he did so in large part to stop UNP members jumping ship to join the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn January 9, in regular monthly meeting with news media, President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced an imminent cabinet reshuffle. A number of opposition United National Party (UNP) members have been angling for some time for ministerial posts. It appears likely Rajapaksa will accommodate UNP constitutional scholar G.L. Peiris and party heavyweight Milinda Moragoda, both of whom would be willing to switch party allegiances, UNP contacts told us. UNP members also speculated that parliamentarians Navin Dissanayake, Gamini Lokuge, Mano Wijeratne, and Hemakumara Nannayakara would accept ministerial posts, though they would be unlikely to change parties. A source in the president&#8217;s secretariat told pol FSN that Rajapaksa is considering offering UNP members cabinet posts while permitting them to retain their current party affiliation.\u201d Ambassador Blake further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0cable below\u00a0for further details;<\/p>\n<pre>C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000046\n\nSIPDIS\n\nSIPDIS\n\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 01\/10\/2017\nTAGS: <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PGOV_0.html\">PGOV<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PREL_0.html\">PREL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PHUM_0.html\">PHUM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PTER_0.html\">PTER<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/CE_0.html\">CE<\/a>\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT; PRESIDENT\nMAY APPOINT OPPOSITION MEMBERS\n\nClassified By: AMBASSADOR ROBERT O. BLAKE, JR. FOR REASONS 1.4(b) and (\nd)\n\n<a id=\"par1\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/01\/07COLOMBO46.html#par1\">\u00b6<\/a>1. (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told media\nrepresentatives on January 9 that he will reshuffle his\ncabinet.  A source in the presidential secretariat told pol\nFSN Rajapaksa may offer ministerial posts to opposition\nUnited National Party (UNP) members while allowing them to\nretain their present party affiliation.  Our contact said UNP\nstalwart Milinda Moragoda may gain the post of Foreign\nMinister, leaving current Minister Samaraweera with only the\nports and civil aviation portfolio.  UNP leader Ranil\nWickremesinghe reportedly signed the MoU with the governing\nSri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) largely in order to prevent\nparty \"cross-overs,\" but it seems Rajapaksa plans to co-opt\nUNP members, regardless of whether they formally switch\nparties.  UNP sources reported Rajapaksa is due to meet with\nWickremesinghe January 11, so it appears the president has\nwaited to discuss the make-up of his new cabinet with the\nopposition leader before announcing his final decision.  The\nAmbassador will see Wickremesinghe as well on January 11 to\nget his report.  End summary.\n\n<a id=\"par2\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/01\/07COLOMBO46.html#par2\">\u00b6<\/a>2. (C) On January 9, in regular monthly meeting with news\nmedia, President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced an imminent\ncabinet reshuffle.  A number of opposition United National\nParty (UNP) members have been angling for some time for\nministerial posts.  It appears likely Rajapaksa will\naccommodate UNP constitutional scholar G.L. Peiris and party\nheavyweight Milinda Moragoda, both of whom would be willing\nto switch party allegiances, UNP contacts told us.  UNP\nmembers also speculated that parliamentarians Navin\nDissanayake, Gamini Lokuge, Mano Wijeratne, and Hemakumara\nNannayakara would accept ministerial posts, though they would\nbe unlikely to change parties.  A source in the president's\nsecretariat told pol FSN that Rajapaksa is considering\n\nSIPDIS\noffering UNP members cabinet posts while permitting them to\nretain their current party affiliation.\n\n<a id=\"par3\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/01\/07COLOMBO46.html#par3\">\u00b6<\/a>3. (C) Our contact in the president's office also said\nRajapaksa may appoint Moragoda to replace current Foreign\nMinister Mangala Samaraweera, who would then retain only the\nministry for ports and civil aviation.  The president is also\nconsidering Rohitha Bogollagama, currently the Industries\nMinister, for the Foreign Minister post.  The MFA may be\nrenamed the Ministry of External Affairs, the source said.\nHe added that current Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona\nwill likely be named Foreign Secretary with the backing of\nmost ministers, Samaraweera's objections notwithstanding.\n\n<a id=\"par4\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/01\/07COLOMBO46.html#par4\">\u00b6<\/a>4. (C) UNP contacts reported that the president plans to meet\nUNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe January 11 and will likely\ndiscuss the make-up of his new cabinet.  In a discussion with\npol FSN, senior UNP official Karu Jayasuriya assessed that\nRajapaksa is trying to garner majority support in parliament,\nwhich means courting the UNP, the second largest political\nparty.\n\n<a id=\"par5\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/01\/07COLOMBO46.html#par5\">\u00b6<\/a>5. (C) COMMENT: Until now, the Foreign Secretary position has\nalways gone to a career diplomat.  Samaraweera sought to\nmaintain this practice, recommending that current Sri Lankan\nHigh Commissioner to India Romesh Jayasinghe get the job.\nRajapaksa is breaking with tradition to select a political\nappointee.  We will report septel on Samaraweera's rift with\nRajapaksa.  Rajapaksa's willingness to discuss his plans with\nWickremesinghe is a positive sign cooperation between the two\nmajor parties might continue.  However, to date, the MoU has\nyielded no solid results, other than UNP parliamentary\nsupport for the president's budget.  When Wickremesinghe\nsigned an MoU with the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party\n(SLFP), many analysts believed he did so in large part to\nstop UNP members jumping ship to join the government.  Now,\nit seems, Rajapaksa may co-opt opposition members whether or\nnot they formally switch political parties.  However, if  the\npresident actually names Moragoda, formerly Wickremesinghe's\n\nCOLOMBO 00000046  002 OF 002\n\nclosest ally, Foreign Minister, this may well complicate UNP\ncooperation with the SLFP on the peace process.  The\nAmbassador will meet with Wickremesinghe on January 11 to\nhear his perspective.\nBLAKE<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,63,27],"tags":[1642,1139,1635,1262,1298,1639,1263],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics-2","category-wikileaks","tag-cabinet-reshuffle-sri-lanka","tag-democracy","tag-karu-jayasuriya-crossover","tag-ranil-wickremesinghe-in-wikileaks","tag-sri-lankans-in-wikileaks","tag-unp-internal-crisis","tag-us-embassy-cables-on-sri-lanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks: President Rajapaksa is courting the UNP - 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