SAMPANTHAN - FONSEKA SECRET PACT.
......Formally announcing Tamil National Alliance support for common opposition
candidate Fonseka Sampanthan said that the TNA had consulted both candidates over the
last several weeks and found that Fonseka responded to their concerns better than
President Rajapaksa. Sampanthan said Rajapaksa holding office for another term would be
in the interest of neither the country as whole nor Tamil-speaking people in the north east and
enumerated a list of concerns. These included the government’s failure to promote
reconciliation or to find an acceptable political solution to the national question, delays,
Sampanthan argued, undertaken purposefully to enable the Rajapaksa government to
implement a ‘hidden’ agenda to marginalize Tamils. He also called Rajapaksa’s
performance on human rights and humanitarian issues “dismal,” noting that extra-judicial
killings and enforced disappearances had been common, mandatory constitutional
provisions had been violated, and the enforcement of law and order had “collapsed.” Thus,
“the rule of law and good governance have reached the nadir.” For complete Cable click on the link below.
WikiLeaks: Sampanthan – Fonseka secret pact revealed
......Formally announcing Tamil National Alliance support for common opposition
candidate Fonseka Sampanthan said that the TNA had consulted both candidates over the
last several weeks and found that Fonseka responded to their concerns better than
President Rajapaksa. Sampanthan said Rajapaksa holding office for another term would be
in the interest of neither the country as whole nor Tamil-speaking people in the north east and
enumerated a list of concerns. These included the government’s failure to promote
reconciliation or to find an acceptable political solution to the national question, delays,
Sampanthan argued, undertaken purposefully to enable the Rajapaksa government to
implement a ‘hidden’ agenda to marginalize Tamils. He also called Rajapaksa’s
performance on human rights and humanitarian issues “dismal,” noting that extra-judicial
killings and enforced disappearances had been common, mandatory constitutional
provisions had been violated, and the enforcement of law and order had “collapsed.” Thus,
“the rule of law and good governance have reached the nadir.” For complete Cable click on the link below.
WikiLeaks: Sampanthan – Fonseka secret pact revealed
