Gamini Weerakoon, October 12
    
Major General Janaka Perera's tragic death and that of his wife, and the deaths of Dr. Raja Johnpulle and his wife along with 27 others resulted in the call for 'national unity.' 'We must unite to fight terrorism,' it was said loud and clear. But one day after the foul killing of one of the greatest soldiers of Sri Lanka, those who were calling for unity in the wake of the foul murders, were unable to sanction the use of an air force helicopter to take the bodies of the slain couple to Anuradhapura.

Apparently to the petty minded leaders at the top and their bureaucratic ., General Janaka Perera was not one of the 'We.' He was UNP and was being extended the same privilege as an ordinary Provincial Councillor!

An idiotic panjandrum who had joined the state media circus had said that neither the family nor the UNP had made a formal application for the use of a helicopter. One is entitled to ask him when Mervyn Silva injured a toe in Polonnaruwa and a helicopter was rushed from Colombo whether a written application was made by Silva!

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