‘Govt.not decided to appoint SF as Tri-Forces operations Head’
The Cabinet has not decided to appoint Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka as the Head of operations of the Tri-Forces, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.
The Premier also said that the Cabinet only discussed about the operation of Essential Services. He also said that he is bound by principle of collective responsibility on the matters at the cabinet. He added that he could only reveal the decisions reached at the Cabinet on April 25.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe made these observations in response to a question raised by JVP MP Vijitha Herath during the Questions Round from the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister also said that the Commander-in-Chief is the President by the Constitution.
“Appointment of a person as the Head the operations of the Tri-Forces has to be done in accordance with the existing law” the Premier said.
“The Cabinet of Ministers asked the President and me to appoint a special top level committee to ensure the continuance of essential services in the face of any emergency. Now,further discussions are being continued with regard to the appointment of the committee. If there is a decision coming from these discussions to assign a role to Minister Fonseka in that committee, we could do so,” the Prime Minister said.
MP Herath said that Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne stated at the Cabinet press briefing that the President proposed the name of Fonseka for the post of head of Tri-Forces operations. He also questioned if it was true to which the Premier said that he could not reveal who said what at the Cabinet meeting.
At this stage MP Herath said several other ministers had made contradictory statements on Minister Senaratne’s statement. He questioned if prime minister was correct was Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne wrong. “I cannot say so” Premier said. “Minister Rajitha is not in the country. Some media carry news distorting the statements.”
The Premier also said that President Maithripala Sirisena on several occasions praised the talents of Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka. “In 2010, we all thought that Fonseka would be suitable for that post,” the Premier said. “So both you and I got into the stage during a past Presidential election and asked people to vote for him. But,the campaign was not successful. Later, we selected Maithripala Sirisena as the Common Candidate,”the Prime Minister said.
(Source: Daily News – By Sandasen Marasinghe and Disna Mudalige)
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Hey Hon Wicky,
How long can your b***shit last? Reckon you have the brains of your foxy uncle?
Mate, he was a poor loser and wish you do not want to follow his stupid footsteps.
Sri Lanka desperately needs a “Emmanuel Macron” (the French President elect), a candidate with his/her own movement, divorced from traditional political parties, a candidate who comes from nowhere in the political scene, young, zippy and with a vision, a candidate who can inspire millions of voters.
The traditional “old wine” leaders who pop in in “new bottles” offer no value to our motherland; the corruption, nepotism and outdated ideologies continues as ever before, plundering national wealth.
Hi Kneeranjala,
That is a valuable comment.
I wonder who the “Emmanuel Macron” of Sri Lanka will be.
There are 3 candidates for that position; (1) DAYASIRI JAYASEKERA, (2) HARIN FERNANO and (3) RUWAN WIJEWARDANE.
N0. 2, Harin, has his fingers soiled with the Google Baloon fiasco where he was taken for a ride by a Sri Lankan Conman domiciled in the Silicon Valley. Harin is a crowd puller but short on national identity.
No 2, Ruwan, is deep into the Uncle Nephew Party; he will not be able extricate himself from the clutches of his Uncle, the PM.
No 1, is my choice; Dayasiri has had a taste of the SLFP and the UNP. He is not only a crowd puller but he has the capacity to respond to the aspirations of the youth and middle aged. Dayasiri is caring and is a visionary; he has capacity to deal with the thuggery which is embedded in the political arena.
i agree with Chie’s comments.
DAYASIRI JAYASEKERA has the potential to become the “Emmanuel Macron” (or “Barrack Obama”) of Sri Lanka.
I urge DAYASIRI to resign his portfolio in the stupid Yahapalana Government where corruption reigns supreme and chart his own political pathway.
This senile man must retire.
I think so too.
Ranil W is terribly outdated.
We need a “Emmanuel Macron” as Executive President in Sri Lanka.
No only Ranil, but the rest including Mahinda, Gotabhaya, Mangala, Rajitha, Basil, Namal, Johnstone, MY3, Sumanthiran, Wimal W, Udaya, Pattali and the 2 Johns, CBK, Hiran, Sujeeva, Amungama, Bandula, and the rest of these no-good-at-all leaders should retire and make way for a new centrist, non-political party affiliated leadership to emerge.