Dilrook Kannangara

LTTE was a small army of 10,000 rudimentary fighters. Sri Lanka army comprised more than 100,000 well trained soldiers and the Indian army has more than 1,000,000 well trained soldiers. However, LTTE stumped them both. How did they do it? By simply driving a wedge between the two giant armies. This is exactly what the LTTE is doing today through its Tiger Nominated Agents (TNA). They want the national vote divided so that they can thrive once again.

In 2008 things changed with the Sri Lankan and Indian armies. They identified the common enemy ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the LTTE. LTTEƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s death certificate was actually written at that time. The rest of the story is a fairy tale.

It is critically important that everyone who loves Sri Lanka stays on course. They should not budge from the proven nationalist political path that brought them victories once thought impossible.

Only one patriot among traitors verses just another patriot among fellow patriots

There are those who still thinks Fonseka is a patriot. While not contesting their view, let me bring to their attention a fact that is kept hidden by the Fonseka camp. How many patriots can you count in the Fonseka camp apart from him? The answer is none. Patriotism is the exception here, not the norm..

On the other hand, how many patriots are there in the Rajapaksha camp other than the president? Many. Patriotism is the norm not the exception here.

Therefore even if one still believes that Fonseka is a patriot, he/she must admit this fact and champion the patriots at the election, not the traitors with a patriotic mask.

Corruption

There are no corruption allegations against Mahinda Rajapaksha but there are many corruption allegations against Sarath Fonseka. Innumerable corruption allegations float around about the people surrounding Mahinda and similar allegations are there about FonsekaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s new found friends. Corruption, therefore cannot differentiate these two camps.

When faced with corruption allegations, the Rajapakshas donƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t lose their head as they concisely know they are not corrupt although the present government looked the other side when corruption and waste took place. However, Fonseka loses his head when faced with corruption allegations. Fonseka gets into the filth mode unable to logically answer corruption allegations.

Immoral conduct

FonsekaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s immoral conduct is well documented. Still there are those who doubt it. If these are ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”mudslingingƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ Fonseka can challenge these in a court of law and bring defamation charges. However, he fears that option since that will bring his past out to the open. According to the law, two conditions must be satisfied for an alleged act of defamation not to be a crime. If the allegation is factual and its revelation is for the public benefit, there is no offence in the allegation. Obviously Fonseka knows these allegations are true and hence keeps away from taking any action..

Are there any allegations, at the very least, against Mahinda Rajapaksha of immoral conduct, sex crimes, etc.?

Clearly there is a big difference between the two candidates.

One is a case of degeneration, corruption, violence and sex obsession while the other is an ordinary family man. Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s national identity will assume the character of its president. It is up to the voters to decide what sort of a country they want Sri Lanka to be.

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