IS IT ETHICAL TO CELEBRATE VICTORY WITHOUT GEN. FONSEKA, ASKS ROSY
June 18, 2010: All parliamentarians received invitations for the heroes day celebration, but not General Sarath Fonseka, the person responsible for the victory. Is it ethical, asks parliamentarian Rosy Senanayake.
Ms. Senanayake, the UNP MP, expressed this view at a meeting held in the Kosgama area in Awissawella yesterday.
“We are all very happy that our brave soldiers, who risked life and limb, were able to militarily defeat the LTTE and emerge victorious. All parliamentarians including myself, received invitations. However, General Sarath Fonseka, the person who is responsible for this victory and whose victory we must in fact celebrate, did not receive an invitation.
This then is the ethical government,” she said.
Commenting on the cost of living, Ms. Senanayake said that the government, which slashed taxes on motor vehicles, had inconvenienced the public by imposing taxes on essential goods.
“When an individual visits a shop to purchase yams or rice to fulfill his daily meal requirement, he will have to return home with a motor vehicle.
“Why? Because the taxes on motor vehicles have been reduced by 50 per cent. They are putting you into great difficulty by imposing taxes on bread, dhal, sugar and milk powder. This is the reality,” said Rosy Senanayake, UNP MP.
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I dispute Ms Senanayake’s assertion that SF was “responsible for the victory”. The architect of the victory is no other than the Commander-in-Chief, H.E.Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Defence Secretary planned and executed the combined services operations through the service chiefs, and obtained the necessary resources in man and material. The service chiefs in their operations rooms in Colombo and in the front lines executed their duties with great determination and motivation to totally erradicate the LTTE this time with the politcal will and backing. The service personnel in the front lines made their immnese sacrifices to liberate the country of this evil despot. They are the true heroes. SF is an important cog in the great defence forces machine. However, the victory cannot be attributed to him alone as he tried to make out. People like Ms Senanayake and the JVP anarchists are trying to score cheap political points by distorting the truth.
SF is a traitor along with Ranil. They betrayed the country to the imperial West. SF plotted a coup d’etat to assassinate the President and his family and several VIPs who stood against him. He is remand on trial to answer several allegationsd of crimes towards the end of his army career and since then, including fraud through a bogus company headed by his son-in-law, Danuna. SF is no hero. He is traitor and should face capital punishment along with Ranil. I ask Rosie therefore, is it ethical and moral to betray one’s country?
hey Nicholas Dias .. you are a real idiot…thats what i have to say.. useless fellow… Are u only watching Rupavahini & ITN ?
ur still blind my friend..hellllllllllllllllllllo have a look around u what u get now..i have no prob with S.F or any political party..but our beautiful country in a deep shit,that’s my issu u young donkey..dont reply for to day think about 2morrw
It is unfortunate that there are people like the man who calls himself ‘Sri Lankan’, who dare not even declare his name, who are blind to the objective truth. They are blinded by thir emotions and hate. You do not have to belong to any political party to see the objective truth. Anyone who lives according to one’s conscience can see the objective truth. People who name call others because they disagree with others views are led by their emotions and hate. Hence they are blinded to the objective truth. I pity such people. They must be deply unhappy selfish individuals. I hope they find their redemption through a religion and live according to their conscience. They will be happy and at peace then.
Mr.Nicholas Dias I don’t think ur original sri lankan in the meantime I don’t think ur speaking from ur mouth2, pls don’t try to blind our sri lankan people has ur
Mr. nicholas SF IS OUR WAR HERO we are ready to sacrifice our life onbehalf of our unique war hero.
Onlanka and Nicanless both of you are loyalty to MR.
but be impartial.
Dont try be a laundry man be clean and keep clean
SF is not a war hero as some misguided people are trying to make out. SF is an evil, selfish, power-hungry wicked criminal who should hang for having betrayed our motherland and the army he once served.
The real war heroes are Mahinda Rajapksa (Commander-in chief),Gotabhaya Rajapksa (Defence Secretary) and all those service personnel in the front lines, senior and junior, who worked hard and sacrificed their life and limb to secure this historic win over the world’s most brutal terrorist force who were sponsored by the imperial West to realize their objectives with ulterior motives.
Isn’t it a pity that a few individuals like ‘Ganesh’ and ‘Srilankan’ get very uptight and emotional filled with hate just because they hold opposite views. I wonder whether these individuals are kotiyas and JVP anarchists. They are unfortunately blinded by their hate and angry emotions, unable to argue rationally without resorting to abuse. I invite these people do some soul searching and live according to their conscience and the tennets of their faiths. They are more likely to see the objective truth then and enjoy peace and joy in their lives. I wish them well in their search for the truth.
Is it ethical for you to go behind yound male palimantarians behind your husbands back , while you are still married to your husband ?
Dear Nicholas,
I believe you are not True Sri Lankan. Dont be blind for politics. Open your eyes properly and see that your Children live peasefully because the war Hearo. No doubt President gave the full support and the Defence Secratary But If we did not hav General Like Sarath fonseka Then we will never get readoff this war. these are wards came out from PRESIDENT RAJAPAKASE at one time. What he is doing he has to go through. You know well what had Happen to President Premadasa Rajapakase will suffer in bitter for what he is doing to general and futher Sri Lanaka is still in dogs mouth just because thereare donkey like Nicholos are living in the country.
Here we go again! ‘Heman’ resorting to name calling and emotional outbursts instead of seeing the truth objectively. Some people are so blind that a white wall will be always black however much we may try to prove it otherwise.
To ‘Heman’, ‘Sri Lankan’ and the few other misguided people who resort to name-calling, who get all emotional unable to reason objectively, I have only one thing to say. SF has paved his own downfall through joining the anarchist brigade JVP. No true patriot would ever have joined JVP led by Che Guevera idiologists who have no place in Sri Lanka for serious politics as they had shed so much blood and caused destruction by their anarchist policies. For SF to align himself with such a a group of bankrupt corrupt anarchists speaks volumes for his character.
SF is a power hungry, corrupt, immoral individual who is trying to play politics. He is out of his depth in politics. He aligned himself with JVP thinking they will pave the way for him to achieve power through violence and the back door. He ended up with his face in a dung heap. He would be proven guilty of all his crimes and he should never be pardoned. Let the people decide his fate and not MR, after he is found guilty by the courts.
The imperial West led by Yankee USA loaded him wth bags full of crisp dollars for his presidential campaign and general election campaign. The US imperialists’ plan was to sabotage MR’s attempts to achieve economic victory after the the total destruction of the LTTE, using the likes of SF and JVP anarchists. The Yankees have done this successfully in many third world countries. Other tools in their arsenal are INGOs, NGOs and corrupt politicians and ofcourse the CIA. US imperialsts want to remain the top dog in the world. They used LTTE to subvert our country and India with its several terrorist groups, in order to split up India to separate countries. India is then no longer a threat to US supremacy in the world. They destroyed Soviet Union in this manner. They are now unfolding the same plan for India and eventually for China. But China will be a hyperpower. The imperial West can never destroy China. Our future is with China, our true friend. China is our role model and not corrupt India.
So to all my countrymen I plead earnestly to join hands with our great and noble President MR to up-lift our beautiful country from the morass it is in through 35 years of destruction and subversion by LTTE aided by the imperial West.