{"id":54550,"date":"2016-05-10T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T22:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=54550"},"modified":"2016-05-10T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T22:12:45","slug":"a-request-to-restore-the-army-commndo-unit-specialised-in-vip-security-to-sri-lanka-s-former-president-mr-mahinda-rajapakse-to-avert-a-thraet-to-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/05\/10\/a-request-to-restore-the-army-commndo-unit-specialised-in-vip-security-to-sri-lanka-s-former-president-mr-mahinda-rajapakse-to-avert-a-thraet-to-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A REQUEST TO RESTORE THE ARMY COMMNDO UNIT SPECIALISED IN VIP SECURITY TO SRI LANKA \u2018S FORMER PRESIDENT MR MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE TO AVERT A THRAET TO HIS LIFE."},"content":{"rendered":"

UNITED AUSTRALIANS OF SRI LANKAN ORGANISATIONS <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

PO BOX 4066, MULGRAVE, VICTORIA 3175, AUSTRALIA, Telephone 03-97957143<\/p>\n

08 May 2016<\/p>\n

A REQUEST TO RESTORE THE ARMY COMMNDO UNIT SPECIALISED IN VIP SECURITY TO SRI LANKA \u2018S FORMER PRESIDENT\u00a0MR MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE TO AVERT A THRAET TO HIS LIFE.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We, The United Australians of Sri Lankan Organisations are extremely perturbed by the Sri Lankan Government\u2019s recent decision to replace the elite Army Commando Unit that has provided\u00a0personal security Mr Mahinda Rajapakse\u2019s with a Police Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent news originating from Sri Lanka shows that some LTTE terrorists are still active transporting suicide bomb kits etc.\u00a0\u00a0 Hence it is very clear that Mr Rajapakse would have to be considered\u00a0as a prime target of this terror group.<\/p>\n

The existing cadres of the LTTE which suffered an ignominious military defeat under Mr Mahinda Rajapakse\u2019s leadership and their local and external backers will not forgive or forget how\u00a0Mr. Rajapakse comprehensively thwarted their attempt to establish a racist separate country and hence they will continue to target him.<\/p>\n

Further, it has to be remembered that a number of popular Sri Lankan and international leaders who provided leadership in national liberation struggles against the dictates of the fascist\u00a0forces were assassinated by those forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

We believe that Mr Mahinda Rajapakse remains a popular leader and continues to play an integral role in the political stability of the country. \u00a0Furthermore we believe that a large\u00a0number of Sri Lankans are extremely grateful to him for defeating the terrorism of the LTTE which has given them freedom, peace of mind and hope for the future. Hence, it is essential that\u00a0<\/span>he be provided with the most appropriate and fitting security arrangement for him to continue his political career and as a mark of gratitude for the peace and hope that his actions brought<\/span>\u00a0to all Sri Lankans.<\/span><\/p>\n

We, therefore, humbly appeal to the Sri Lankan Government to re-assign the Army Commando VIP security Unit to provide security to Mr Mahinda Rajapakse.\u00a0 We also appeal to other friendly\u00a0nations to prevail on the Sri Lankan government to restore his security to it\u2019s former level in order to avert the political instability that may arise as a result of any planned or opportunistic\u00a0<\/span>incident that endangers Mr Rajapakse\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Ranjith Soysa<\/p>\n

(Coordinator)<\/p>\n

-Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (Victoria)<\/p>\n

– Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (Queensland)<\/p>\n

-Western Australia Society for Peace, Unity and Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka (WA)<\/p>\n

-Veera Parakramabahu Foundation Inc. (NSW)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNITED AUSTRALIANS OF SRI LANKAN ORGANISATIONS PO BOX 4066, MULGRAVE, VICTORIA 3175, AUSTRALIA, Telephone 03-97957143 08 May 2016 A REQUEST TO RESTORE THE ARMY COMMNDO UNIT SPECIALISED IN VIP SECURITY TO SRI LANKA \u2018S FORMER PRESIDENT\u00a0MR MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE TO AVERT A THRAET TO HIS LIFE. We, The United Australians of Sri Lankan Organisations are extremely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}