Fonseka shouldn't leave Sri Lanka,
says president's brotherThu, Jan 28 12:44 PM
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka should not leave Sri Lanka as he needs to answer 'a lot of allegations against him', President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother said Thursday.
'He should remain in the country,' Basil Rajapaksa, who advises the president on political affairs, said in a telephonic interview, a day after incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa trounced former army chief Fonseka in one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in Sri Lanka.
'He (Fonseka) has to answer the people. We have a lot of allegations against him,' the younger Rajapaksa told IANS from Colombo.
He did not say what the charges were, who had levelled them, and whether Fonseka, who is not even an MP, would face trial and, if so, when.
Asked to comment on statements that Fonseka feared for his life, Basil Rajapaksa thought for a moment and answered: 'No... I don't think so.'
says president's brotherThu, Jan 28 12:44 PM
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka should not leave Sri Lanka as he needs to answer 'a lot of allegations against him', President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother said Thursday.
'He should remain in the country,' Basil Rajapaksa, who advises the president on political affairs, said in a telephonic interview, a day after incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa trounced former army chief Fonseka in one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in Sri Lanka.
'He (Fonseka) has to answer the people. We have a lot of allegations against him,' the younger Rajapaksa told IANS from Colombo.
He did not say what the charges were, who had levelled them, and whether Fonseka, who is not even an MP, would face trial and, if so, when.
Asked to comment on statements that Fonseka feared for his life, Basil Rajapaksa thought for a moment and answered: 'No... I don't think so.'






