{"id":81832,"date":"2013-04-12T08:58:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T08:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=81832"},"modified":"2013-04-21T00:12:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T18:42:47","slug":"the-govt-claim-that-the-international-community-is-against-them-for-eliminating-ltte-is-not-true-fonseka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-govt-claim-that-the-international-community-is-against-them-for-eliminating-ltte-is-not-true-fonseka\/","title":{"rendered":"The Govt Claim That The International Community Is Against Them For Eliminating LTTE Is Not True – Fonseka"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

”\u00a0It is not correct. When we were fighting the war we met them ambassadors \u2013 the US Ambassador<\/a><\/span>, the Indian High Commissioner, they came to my office almost every week or every other week and discuss with us. They were also following what was going on. They didn\u2019t have anything against the war. India openly said that it had never tolerated the LTTE. It had no objection in eliminating the LTTE. Other countries had banned the LTTE. Unfortunately the Indian High Commissioner did not handle the situation properly. Even our people were having other relationships with them; giving priority for good times in the evening without discussing the national issue.” says Sarath Fonseka<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Sarath Fonseka | Photo REUTERS\/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds<\/p><\/div>\n

Fonseka made above remarks\u00a0when asked; “the Government claims that the international community is against them for eliminating terrorism in the country. Is that true?”\u00a0by Daily FT<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Responding to the question; “A common cry of the Government is that the sections of LTTE<\/a><\/span> with the support of the international community are trying to topple the Government. If you eliminated the LTTE, how can there be remaining sections? Or have you not gotten rid of the LTTE completely?” by\u00a0Daily FT\u00a0journalist\u00a0Chamitha Kuruppu<\/a><\/span>\u00a0he said; “We basically eliminated the LTTE locally. There were sympathisers outside the country. Such sympathisers could approach certain elements. Then there are other issues such as after the war, certain areas were not looked after properly. People were victimised and not taken care of by this Government. A couple of days ago some politicians in Kilinochchi were attacked. What is the Head of State doing? He has failed in his duties. In such a situation, any section can take the upper hand and they will try to push through. When the situation in the country is volatile, these elements try to take advantage of it.”<\/p>\n

“Look at the attacks on the Muslim shops. What is this Government doing? Now they say that they have come to an agreement and the matter is settled. It is not that the matter is settled, whoever who were behind these need to be punished. How can someone does so much damage and say they have come to a settlement? People can\u2019t take the law into their hands.”<\/p>\n

“Some organisation has said that they have stopped the activities because the Defence Secretary<\/a><\/span> had interfered. That means when they do these activities, the Defence Secretary advised them equally. When someone is appearing on behalf of Sinhalese or Buddhists sincerely, how can you stop what you are doing just because the Defence Secretary asked you to do so?\u00a0We can clearly see that this tyrannical rule is everywhere. The only problem is that people are scared to talk about these things. But I very well know everyone will agree with what I say.”<\/p>\n

He also said; “I am also challenging the President<\/a><\/span>. He is scared to face me face-to-face in the political field; that is why he has done this. I challenge him; if he has even half an inch of backbone, he should be able to give me my civic rights and fight me in the political field face-to-face. We will apply pressure and see \u2013 the whole world will be behind us. We will save the country from those who are messing it up. We will overcome these obstacles.”<\/p>\n

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