ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ By Dr M D P DISSANAYAKE
Posted on December 17th, 2009

General Sarath Fonseka has betrayed the country in style. Living in a dreamland to become the President, he has spoken out of turn, conducted himself to bring disgrace to the entire Army, its serving men, women and breached the Oath as an ex-Army Officer, He has divulged the most sensitive information and thus need to be disciplined forthwith.

The Court Martial proceedings against this ex-Army Officer must begin immediately. There has been several such Court Martial proceedings world wide, including India, against ex-Army Officers for breach of conduct and the Oath. SF is no doubt a high security threat to Sri Lanka. If an ex-Army Officer behaved in this manner in developed countries, Court Martial proceedings would have already begun. In our part of the world, eg. Singapore would have found a nice little cage for ex-officers like SF in the maximum security Changi Prison without trial for an indefinite period.

At the end of Court Martial proceedings, if SF is found guilty, he deserve to be given a dis-honourable discharge from Sri Lankan Army plus a prison sentence.

As far as Prabhakaran was concerned, we all knew he was an Enemy of innocent Tamils and Sri Lankan nation as a whole. But now it is abundantly clear SF is worse than Prabha.

There is also a lesson from this episode for the President Mahinda Rajapakse. The President must have realized by now that others who are close to him are not as honest and trustworthy.

Enemies are easily identifiable, but identifying who are loyal and trustworthy can be most difficult. This can happen to a President at political level. It can happen to any ordinary citizen, a family member, Father or Mother in a family. Life-time experience of everyone must re-shape the future thinking. Who can be trusted today?

Digahayu Sri Lanka, Dirgahayu President Mahinda Rajapakse.