Sarath Fonseka denies Elilan ‘surrender’
[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 September 2013, 23:07 GMT]
“Elilan was never handed over to the army,” claimed Sarath Fonseka, the former military commander of the occupying SL military, at a press conference held in Jaffna on Saturday. “Elilan was an important man and if he was handed over to the army, as the commander of the army, I will know. He was never handed over to the army,” Mr Fonseksa said, once again whitewashing the genocidal SL military from serious war crimes committed under his command during the final days of the war in Vanni. Fonseka, who visited Jaffna on election campaign for his ‘Democratic Party’ went further with a humiliating comment that people were claiming the LTTE cadres who perished in the fighting as missing in order to claim compensation.
Everyone who were in the custody of the SL military were accounted for when he had handed over his responsibilities to the new command, Fonseka claimed. He repeated the official figure as 12,000.
Further, the former SL military commander went on record saying that the present commander of the SLA in Jaffna peninsula, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, was a corrupt officer. Hathurusinghe is responsible for many of the atrocities in Jaffna, he said.
“Even the Police in Jaffna has become helpless,” Fonseka declared.
But, Sarath Fonseka was defending the SL military by stating that the ‘majority of the army are very disciplined people’. Fonseksa further said Hathurusinghe must be operating a team of four five soldiers and getting them to do the wrong things.
“When I was commander of the army, Hathurusinghe was caught for taking bribes from one of the LTTE leaders in Colombo, 30,000 rupees per month. He is a very corrupt officer. If he has ‘recommended’ any people from Jaffna to be candidates [of the UPFA], I am sure he must be doing it after taking bribes from them,” he told reporters when questioned about his comments on SL military involvement in the assaults and the military’s role in promoting certain UPFA candidates in the provincial elections.
Fonseka blamed the senior army official in Jaffna for an attack on his ‘Democratic Party’ chief organizer in Jaffna, Mr Krishnakumar, last week.
A group of thugs carrying swords and knives had attacked Mr Krishnakumar. This is also happening in other provinces where his party was contesting, he said.
“Although the [Rajapaksa] government is trying to show the world that they are having elections here, they are not going to do it democratically,” Fonseka further said.
Responding to another question on Navanetham Pillay's visit, Fonseka said she had not met him despite his request.
There was more focus to North and East on human rights violations. But, more human rights violations are being committed in the south these days, he claimed.
Fonseka, who was defending the SL military, was campaigning for a ‘Sri Lankan’ identity and was ‘reminding’ the press that the TNA had supported him in the last presidential elections. His party wanted to become next to the TNA in the PC elections in North, he said.
“Elilan was never handed over to the army,” claimed Sarath Fonseka, the former military commander of the occupying SL military, at a press conference held in Jaffna on Saturday. “Elilan was an important man and if he was handed over to the army, as the commander of the army, I will know. He was never handed over to the army,” Mr Fonseksa said, once again whitewashing the genocidal SL military from serious war crimes committed under his command during the final days of the war in Vanni. Fonseka, who visited Jaffna on election campaign for his ‘Democratic Party’ went further with a humiliating comment that people were claiming the LTTE cadres who perished in the fighting as missing in order to claim compensation.
Everyone who were in the custody of the SL military were accounted for when he had handed over his responsibilities to the new command, Fonseka claimed. He repeated the official figure as 12,000.
Further, the former SL military commander went on record saying that the present commander of the SLA in Jaffna peninsula, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, was a corrupt officer. Hathurusinghe is responsible for many of the atrocities in Jaffna, he said.
“Even the Police in Jaffna has become helpless,” Fonseka declared.
But, Sarath Fonseka was defending the SL military by stating that the ‘majority of the army are very disciplined people’. Fonseksa further said Hathurusinghe must be operating a team of four five soldiers and getting them to do the wrong things.
“When I was commander of the army, Hathurusinghe was caught for taking bribes from one of the LTTE leaders in Colombo, 30,000 rupees per month. He is a very corrupt officer. If he has ‘recommended’ any people from Jaffna to be candidates [of the UPFA], I am sure he must be doing it after taking bribes from them,” he told reporters when questioned about his comments on SL military involvement in the assaults and the military’s role in promoting certain UPFA candidates in the provincial elections.
Fonseka blamed the senior army official in Jaffna for an attack on his ‘Democratic Party’ chief organizer in Jaffna, Mr Krishnakumar, last week.
A group of thugs carrying swords and knives had attacked Mr Krishnakumar. This is also happening in other provinces where his party was contesting, he said.
“Although the [Rajapaksa] government is trying to show the world that they are having elections here, they are not going to do it democratically,” Fonseka further said.
Responding to another question on Navanetham Pillay's visit, Fonseka said she had not met him despite his request.
There was more focus to North and East on human rights violations. But, more human rights violations are being committed in the south these days, he claimed.
Fonseka, who was defending the SL military, was campaigning for a ‘Sri Lankan’ identity and was ‘reminding’ the press that the TNA had supported him in the last presidential elections. His party wanted to become next to the TNA in the PC elections in North, he said.
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