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<\/a>Army commander moved quickly to replace senior Army officers seen as loyal to General Fonseka<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cPost\u2019s local \u2013 hire security investigator reported many of his usual contacts in the security forces suddenly were reluctant to speak with him over the phone and would either request a face \u2013 to \u2013 face meeting or refuse to speak.\u201d US ambassador wrote to Washington.<\/p>\n
A confidential US diplomatic cable details military and police transfers with a view of sinister. The cable also discussed possible changes in the Foreign Ministry. \u00a0The Colombo Telegraph found the cable from WikiLeaks database. The cable classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d by the ambassador Patricia A. Butenis written on 2nd February 2010, just a week after the presidential election.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\u201cPost\u2019s local \u2013 hire security investigator reported many of his usual contacts in the security forces suddenly were reluctant to speak with him over the phone and would either request a face \u2013 to \u2013 face meeting or refuse to speak.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n
Ambassador Butenis wrote \u201cKey police personnel now thought to be trusted by the government include Senior DIGs Keerthi Gajanayake, Gamini Nawarathne, Nimal Mediwake, Kingsley Ekanayake, and S. M Wickramasinghe.\u201d She further wrote \u201cIn the wake of the January 26 Presidential election, incumbent President Rajapaksa, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (the President\u2019s brother) and the Army commander moved quickly to replace senior Army officers seen as loyal to General Fonseka. On January 31, Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Colonel Anura Wanniarchchi confirmed to PolOff that at least two senior military officers and 21 retired officers and soldiers had been arrested for their perceived political alliance with General Fonseka, and allegedly planning a coup with him against the Rajapaksa.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US embassy cable further says \u201c It is too early to tell whether the result of these changes will be simply a more loyal government that assists the Rajapaksa brothers in assuring their victory in upcoming general elections, or something more sinister and long-lasting.\u00a0 A number of long-time Post contacts appear frightened by the purge, with one senior military contact telling DATT not to contact him any longer, claiming that his phone was tapped by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Rajapaksa was \u2018extremely unhappy with the MFA and its leadership<\/p><\/div>\n
According to the cable Post\u2019s local \u2013 hire security investigator spoke on February 2 with Senior Deputy Inspector General Gamini Nawaratne, who was assigned to the Elections Commission. The ambassador Butenis wrote \u201c Nawaratne confirmed media reports that 150 police officers were being transferred because they had \u2018showed bias\u2019 during the elections, which Nawaratne interpreted to mean they either had failed to provide support to the government\u2019s campaign or they had tried to prevent election fraud by the government. Nawaratne implied that the government was putting the transferred officers into positions where they could have less of an impact on the upcoming general elections. Elections law in Sri Lanka prohibits transfers or promotions of military or government officials during an election campaign\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the subject of \u201cCONCERNS FOR OTHER MINISTRIES\u201d the US ambassador wrote \u201cIn a meeting with PolOff on February 2, a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official warned of future purges of other government officials in other line ministries. He noted that even the MFA might suffer, saying there was a possibility of the MFA being re \u2013 aligned to fall under the Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa\u2019s purview. About his own job security, the president was \u2018extremely unhappy with the MFA and its leadership\u2019 and would be \u2018implementing the appropriate changes\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read the full cable for further details;<\/p>\n
VZCZCXRO4147\nOO RUEHAG RUEHROV RUEHSL RUEHSR\nDE RUEHLM #0081\/01 0331307\nZNY CCCCC ZZH\nO 021307Z FEB 10\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1239\nINFO RUCNMEM\/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY\nRUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 2366\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 9388\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 7643\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 5421\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 3803\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 0007\nRUEHOT\/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0207\nRUEHMD\/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 0161\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 4470\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 9949\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 7196\nRUEHON\/AMCONSUL TORONTO PRIORITY 0202\nRHEFDIA\/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0089\nRHHMUNA\/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY\nRHEHAAA\/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\nRUEKJCS\/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY\nC O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000081\n\nSIPDIS\n\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INSB\n\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 02\/01\/2020\nTAGS: PGOV<\/a> PREL<\/a> PREF<\/a> PHUM<\/a> PTER<\/a> EAID<\/a> MOPS<\/a> CE<\/a>\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: PURGES IN THE MILITARY, POLICE - AND\nMORE?\n\nCOLOMBO 00000081 001.2 OF 003\n\nClassified By: AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS. REASONS: 1.4 (B, D)\n\n\u00b6<\/a>1. (C) SUMMARY: Following President Rajapaksa's January 26\nre-election, the leadership has undertaken purges of military\nand police officials believed to be loyal to Fonseka or\nperceived to be overly eager to uphold election laws against\nRajapaksa campaign abuses. Contacts indicated that two\nsenior military officers and 21 retirees had been arrested,\nand 14 other senior officers forced into retirement. Other\ncontacts indicate that 150 police officials have been\ntransferred. Senior military contacts loyal to the president\nexplained the personnel shake-ups as implementing changes\nlong-overdue that Fonseka had blocked as military commander,\nbut outside observers interpret the changes as pay-backs\nand\/or an effort to consolidate power. A senior MFA official\nfeared similar purges would be forthcoming in his ministry,\nor even possibly a re-alignment of the MFA to put it under\nthe authority of Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. END\nSUMMARY.\n\nPURGES IN THE MILITARY\n----------------------\n\n\u00b6<\/a>2. (C) In the wake of the January 26 Presidential election,\nincumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defense Secretary\nGotabhaya Rajapaksa (the President's brother) and the Army\ncommander moved quickly to replace senior Army officers seen\nas loyal to General Fonseka. On January 31, Director of\nMilitary Intelligence (DMI) Colonel Aruna Wanniarchchi\nconfirmed to PolOff that at least two senior military\nofficers and 21 retired officers and soldiers had been\narrested for their perceived political alliance with General\nFonseka, and for allegedly planning a coup with him against\nthe Rajapaksas. (NOTE: DMI termed the retired officers and\nsolders as deserters. END NOTE.) The government also moved\nto force 14 senior military officers into retirement since\nthe election. This purge was said to be headed by the Senior\nDeputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police who heads the State\nIntelligence Service and the Chief of National Intelligence.\nMedia has also reported that 150-plus police personnel have\nbeen transferred, and Post's local security investigator has\nconfirmed the transfer or sidelining of senior police\nofficials seen as loyal to Fonseka or a little too eager to\nenforce elections laws that inhibited the Rajapaksa campaign\noperation. There were indications by February 2 that the\nremoval of allegedly disloyal government officials might\nextend beyond the security forces, as a senior MFA official\nexpressed concern for his position, and an official of the\nTourism Board resigned abruptly under unclear circumstances.\n\n\u00b6<\/a>3. (C) There has been much speculation on the motives behind\nthe military purge. No official explanation has been offered\nyet by the GSL to address complaints of heavy-handedness and\npoliticization of the Army, although a senior SLA officer\ntried to explain the moves to DATT by noting that the\npost-election shuffle of senior Army officers was due to two\nfactors. First, transfers had been long-overdue because\nFonseka allegedly had prevented many key transfers while he\nstill was in command, and Sri Lankan election regulations\nprohibited the security forces from transferring or promoting\nanyone until the campaign was over. Second, after Fonseka\nleft active service the new Army Commander convened a board\nto review and consider \"Redressals of Grievances\" (ROGs) from\nArmy officers who believed Fonseka had unfairly denied them\nopportunities for key operational command and staff\nassignments.\n\n\u00b6<\/a>4. (C) Though both these arguments theoretically might have\nmerit, few if any observers entertained the idea that these\n\nCOLOMBO 00000081 002.2 OF 003\n\nmoves were motivated by anything other than vengeance and a\ndesire by the president to consolidate his power. The\ngovernment continues to maintain, however, that the military\nactions taken to reduce the influence of Fonseka loyalists\nwere not a political vendetta. They have maintained a public\nstance that there was a very real threat from insurgents and\nArmy deserters. DMI reiterated to PolOff that the arrests of\nthe 21 security personnel were a move to crush General\nFonseka's coup and assassination threats against the\npresident. Perhaps tacitly admitting the reality of the\nsituation though, the DMI said the future of Army officers\nwho were suspected of being Fonseka loyalists was uncertain.\n\nPOLICE OFFICIALS LOYAL\nTO FONSEKA SIDELINED\n----------------------\n\n\u00b6<\/a>5. (C) Post's local-hire security investigator spoke on\nFebruary 2 with Senior Deputy Inspector General Gamini\nNawaratne, who was assigned to the Elections Commission.\nNawaratne confirmed media reports that 150 police officers\nwere being transferred because they had \"showed bias\" during\nthe elections, which Nawaratne interpreted to mean they\neither had failed to provide support to the government's\ncampaign or they had tried to prevent election fraud by the\ngovernment. Nawaratne implied that the government was\nputting the transferred officers into positions where they\ncould have less of an impact on the upcoming general\nelection. Elections law in Sri Lanka prohibits transfers or\npromotions of military or government officials during an\nelection campaign, and the general election campaign could\nstart soon if the president were to dissolve parliament as\nexpected. Key police personnel now thought to be trusted by\nthe government include Senior DIGs Keerthi Gajanayake, Gamini\nNawaratne, Nimal Mediwaka, Kingsley Ekanayake, and S.M.\nWickramasinghe.\n\nCONCERNS FOR OTHER MINISTRIES\n-----------------------------\n\n\u00b6<\/a>6. (C) In a meeting with PolOff on February 2, a senior\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official warned of future\npurges of other government officials in other line\nministries. He noted that even the MFA might suffer, saying\nthere was a possibility of the MFA being re-aligned to fall\nunder the Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's purview.\nAccording to the MFA official, who admitted he was concerned\nabout his own job security, the president was \"extremely\nunhappy with the MFA and its leadership\" and would be\n\"implementing the appropriate changes.\"\n\nCOMMENT\n-------\n\n\u00b6<\/a>7. (C) It is not unexpected that a victorious Rajapaksa would\nwant to reward his ardent supporters at the expense of those\nin the government who appeared to support Fonseka. The\nlatter may have been overt or simply upholding of elections\nlaws when asked by the Rajapaksa campaign to do otherwise.\nThe degree and severity of the dismissals currently going on,\nhowever, appear much deeper and more vindictive than usual by\nSri Lankan historical standards. The military purge appears\nto have left the Army with officers that have proven their\nloyalty to the Rajapaksas and those will be too cowed to\nvoice dissent. It is too early to tell whether the result of\nthese changes will be simply a more loyal government that\nassists the Rajapaksa brothers in assuring their victory in\nupcoming general elections, or something more sinister and\nlong-lasting. 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