Reuters,  Fri Feb 12 09:29:10 EST 2010

    COLOMBO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers staged a silent march in the capital on Friday in a third day of street protests seeking the release of losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka.Tensions have risen on the island since the former army commander was arrested on Monday by military police on charges of engaging in politics against his president while still in uniform.
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Comrade Somey is crying tears now. How many people were Comrade Somey responsible for killing in 1988-89?

Here is an excerpt from S.Leader..  Enjoy

Quote:

Somawansa Amarasinghe was almost eloquent in his description of what he termed “the humiliation and degrading treatment” meted out to the General. That is almost rich for a man who leads a party that has been acknowledged to be one that inflicted immense terror on an unsuspecting public not so long ago. Yet he speaks of the anguish of the Fonsekas. What thoughts did Somawansa Amarasinghe have for the female victim during the time in the mid 1970’s when Sarath Fonseka was charged for conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman, in charge number 0/050/536? It is said that the victim to-date suffers acute mental trauma caused by that incident. Her suffering continues to this date despite those events taking place on Christmas Day 1975.
Political expediency

Or for the Leader of the JVP, perhaps an easier proposition: what were his thoughts at the time of Vijay Kumaratunga’s killing? He was shot in his face, his children with drawing books in their hand, only just being saved by their handsome film-star father. What indeed. Did he have any thoughts at all then? He compounds my amazement when he held Mrs. Fonseka by her hand almost protectively, in front of this country’s most august court – the Supreme Court, in Hulftsdorp, at the foot of President Premadasa’s statue and the Sri Lankan flag fluttering proudly from the grounds of the Supreme Court. Has he matured over the years and if he has, there is little acknowledgement of that in his speeches since.

JVP barbarians ruined our nation twice with their class envious terror and revolution crap. SLFP And UNP bore the brunt of their terror.  Somey needs to answer for the heinous crimes of 1988-89. Yes so does Karuna.  Karuna murdered 600 policemen who were asked to surrender by Premedasa.

RogerThis wrote:

JVP barbarians ruined our nation twice with their class envious terror and revolution crap. SLFP And UNP bore the brunt of their terror.  Somey needs to answer for the heinous crimes of 1988-89. Yes so does Karuna.  Karuna murdered 600 policemen who were asked to surrender by Premedasa.

Don't forget that "small incident" at Aranthalawa where 50 odd Monks were butchered in their robes also belongs
to the account of our  Current "National Integration and Reconciliation" minister.What an appropriate Ministry the
Hon. Karuna has been given by our brilliant President.

I had a hard time choking back my tears ( of happiness of course) when I saw that picture of our Brilliant Sec of Defense
Gota embracing Hon Karuna after the swearing in.

Lovely island.. we live in.. some times I wonder it is in a parallel Universe.. But then I feel reassured  now that Namal
is also contesting from Hambantoa. Good for the poor folks of Hambantoa.. Now they have to FIX the roads to accomodate
the Aston Martin no?


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