{"id":3259,"date":"2012-01-03T00:12:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2012-01-03T00:12:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:12:34","slug":"fonsekas-petition-to-obama-hits-credibility-snag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/fonsekas-petition-to-obama-hits-credibility-snag\/","title":{"rendered":"Fonseka&#039;s petition to Obama hits credibility snag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/whitehouseobama-colombotelegraph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3262\" title=\"whitehouseobama colombotelegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/whitehouseobama-colombotelegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/whitehouseobama-colombotelegraph.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/whitehouseobama-colombotelegraph-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Signature collection urging US to interfere to release former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in Sri Lanka was sent towards US White House, Sarath Fonseka sources confirms. \u00a025,638 persons have kept signatures in this petition including following interesting signatures which raises serious\u00a0credibility\u00a0issue with\u00a0authenticity\u00a0of the signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Mahinda Rajapakse (5 times)<\/p>\n<p>Shiranthi Rajapakse (5 times)<\/p>\n<p>Gotabhaya Rajapakse (3 times)<\/p>\n<p>Basil Rajapakse (2 times)<\/p>\n<p>Namal Rajapkse (2 times)<\/p>\n<p>Yoshitha Rajapakse (2 times)<\/p>\n<p>Rohitha Rajapakse,<\/p>\n<p>Shashindra Rajapakse<\/p>\n<p>Chamal Rajapakse,<\/p>\n<p>Mervyn Silva (2 times)<\/p>\n<p>Wimal Weerawansa (2 times)<\/p>\n<p>Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena<\/p>\n<p>Lakxhman Yapa Abeywardena<\/p>\n<p>Manusha Nanayakkara<\/p>\n<p>Mahindananda Aluthgamage<\/p>\n<p>Sanath Jayasuriya<\/p>\n<p>Bharatha Luxman<\/p>\n<p>Anurudda Ratwatte (after the decease)<\/p>\n<p>Fedrica Janz<\/p>\n<p>Luxman Hulugalle<\/p>\n<p>Mahinda Abeysundara<\/p>\n<p>Sirikothe Chanda Hora (3 times)<\/p>\n<p>Sirikothe Ponnaya (2 times)<\/p>\n<p>Sarath Fonseka (currently in the jail, no internet connection)<\/p>\n<p>Thilakaratne Dilshan<\/p>\n<p>Mahela Jayawardene<\/p>\n<p>Roshan mahanama<\/p>\n<p>Ranjan Madugalle<\/p>\n<p>Muttiah Muralidaran<\/p>\n<p>Chaminda Vaas<\/p>\n<p>Marvan atapattu<\/p>\n<p>Chamara Kapugegadara<\/p>\n<p>Chamara Silva<\/p>\n<p>Dinesh chandimal<\/p>\n<p>Thilina Kandambi<\/p>\n<p>Jeevantha Kulatunga<\/p>\n<p>Lahiru Thirimanna<\/p>\n<p>Upul Tharanga<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Mathews<\/p>\n<p>Earlier last month, responding to a news story under the headline \u201cU.S. to make representations if 25,000 sign\u201d in the Daily Mirror on December 13, The U.S. Embassy in Colombo said; The U.S. Government has given no assurance that we will act on the on-line petition regarding Sarath Fonseka in any manner.\u00a0 The White House web site includes a place for people to express their opinions and advocate for action with an on-line petition initiative entitled \u201cWe the People \u201d\u00a0 Petitions which receive a certain number of on-line signatures will be reviewed by a U.S. official, who will respond to the petition\u2019s sponsor.\u00a0\u00a0 The existence of a petition on the site is neither an endorsement of the position advocated, nor a guarantee that the U.S. Administration will take action.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,1,63],"tags":[1139,1725,1161,1134,1726,1727,1728],"class_list":["post-3259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-politics","category-news","category-politics-2","tag-democracy","tag-fonsek-petition-to-white-house","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-human-rights","tag-u-s-embassy-in-colombo","tag-white-house-petitions","tag-white-house-web-site"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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