ens,  Fri Feb  5 22:55:15 EST 2010

    COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Parliament on Friday extended the State of Emergency in the country for another month by 102 votes to 15, amidst fears of a military coup allegedly planned by the former Army Commander and defeated presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka.
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Even after winning the war,the election by a landslide victory,arresting free media personel,
shutting down media offices,putting under house arrests ret,army commander,brigadiers,
shuffling 49 parmy officers from their positions that they had planned a coup,
removing all chairman of gvernment corporationsns,intimidation of SF supporters in government
offices,4 battallions brought to colombo to muzzle peoples voices,police removing the speaker ssytem.
I would think the country is well under control in eveding a coup.

So why does Sri Lanka have to continue another month of 'State of EMERGENCY''


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R.Gnanaratnam wrote:

So why does Sri Lanka have to continue another month of 'State of EMERGENCY''

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But, the government feels the remnants of the LTTE are still there,

Thats the more important reason


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