{"id":89603,"date":"2013-06-01T02:34:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T21:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=89603"},"modified":"2013-06-08T00:19:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:49:03","slug":"wikileaks-jvp-expressed-great-concern-over-us-prosecution-for-war-crimes-of-fonseka-and-gota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-jvp-expressed-great-concern-over-us-prosecution-for-war-crimes-of-fonseka-and-gota\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks:  JVP Expressed Great Concern Over US Prosecution For War Crimes Of Fonseka And Gota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The JVP expressed great concern over recent rumors of U.S. prosecution for war crimes of Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka, and possibly Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, which could crush its election hopes.&#8221; the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-jvp-expressed-great-concern-over-us-prosecution-for-war-crimes-of-fonseka-and-gota\/fonseka-and-gota\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89605\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-89605\" title=\"Fonseka and Gota\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fonseka-and-Gota.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=WikiLeaks&amp;x=10&amp;y=1\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The &#8216;confidential&#8217; cable recounts the details of a meeting the US Embassy had with the JVP\u00a0MP Vijitha Herath \u00a0.The cable was written on November 06, 2009 \u00a0by the US Ambassador to Colombo,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Patricia+A.+Butenis&amp;x=6&amp;y=3\">Patricia A. Butenis<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador wrote; &#8220;<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">In a meeting with PolOff, MP Vijitha Herath of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, the People&#8217;s Liberation Front) offered guarded comments indicated the leftist-nationalist party was probably waiting for a more certain political climate to declare publicly its political intentions. Herath repeatedly underscored the need to abolish the Executive Presidency. He cited the economy and IDPs as central issues for the JVP, issues which he accused the GSL of largely ignoring.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the relevant part of the cable below;<\/p>\n<pre>VZCZCXRO0717\r\nOO RUEHAG RUEHROV RUEHSL RUEHSR\r\nDE RUEHLM #1016\/01 3100609\r\nZNY CCCCC ZZH\r\nO 060609Z NOV 09\r\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\r\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0733\r\nINFO RUCNMEM\/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY\r\nRUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 2019\r\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 9055\r\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 7293\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 5202\r\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 3448\r\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 5154\r\nRUEHOT\/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0027\r\nRUEHSM\/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 0689\r\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 4265\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 9618\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 6912\r\nRUEHON\/AMCONSUL TORONTO PRIORITY 0001\r\nRHEFDIA\/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 3812\r\nRHHMUNA\/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY\r\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY\r\nRHEHAAA\/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRUEKJCS\/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY<\/pre>\n<pre>C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001016 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INSB \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 11\/05\/2019\r\nTAGS: PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE\r\nSUBJECT: JVP: PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE CHEST--FOR NOW \r\n\r\nREF: COLOMBO 1006 \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00001016  001.2 OF 002 \r\n\r\nClassified By: Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis.  REASONS: 1.4 (B, D) \r\n\r\n\u00b61. (C) SUMMARY.  In a meeting with PolOff, MP Vijitha Herath\r\nof the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, the People's\r\nLiberation Front) offered guarded comments indicated the\r\nleftist-nationalist party was probably waiting for a more\r\ncertain political climate to declare publicly its political\r\nintentions. Herath repeatedly underscored the need to abolish\r\nthe Executive Presidency. He cited the economy and IDPs as\r\ncentral issues for the JVP, issues which he accused the GSL\r\nof largely ignoring. The JVP expressed great concern over\r\nrecent rumors of U.S. prosecution for war crimes of Chief of\r\nDefense Staff General Sarath Fonseka, and possibly Defense\r\nSecretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, which could crush its election\r\nhopes. 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