B. COLOMBO 7
C. COLOMBO 2
D. 09 COLOMBO 1152
E. 09 COLOMBO 1145
F. 09 COLOMBO 1139
COLOMBO 00000021 001.8 OF 003
Classified By: CHARGE VALERIE C. FOWLER. REASONS: 1.4 (B, D)
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COMMENT: IF FONSEKA, WHAT NEXT?
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11. (C) Some local political analysts have begun to entertain
scenarios of what might happen in the Sri Lankan government
if Fonseka did win. Early opinions say that the wide-spread
UNF coalition he has assembled had no intention of staying
together for parliamentary elections. Indeed Post local
political staff are finding that local political organizers,
in particular those from the JVP, are squirreling away
presidential campaign funds to use for their own
parliamentary campaigns. The JVP is showing its
organizational strength on the ground and is likely to
benefit in general elections. Some are saying that if
Rajapaksa loses, his family's fortunes in the SLFP will end,
and it will revert back to its more historic form. Rumors
have cropped up in the past week that former President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga may announce her support
for Fonseka, with her son Vimukthi Kumaratunga at her side.
This then would serve as Vimukthi's entrance into the
political world, and a passing of the torch to the next
generation of the Bandaranaike family, which has been deeply
involved in Sri Lankan politics for some 300 years.
Interestingly, Mangala Samaraweera, seen by many as the
brains behind Fonseka's campaign strategy, also ran
Chandrika's presidential campaign and was known as one of her
close confidantes. He is thought by some to be a possible
candidate for Prime Minister in a Fonseka administration.
End Comment.
FOWLER
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C. COLOMBO 2
D. 09 COLOMBO 1152
E. 09 COLOMBO 1145
F. 09 COLOMBO 1139
COLOMBO 00000021 001.8 OF 003
Classified By: CHARGE VALERIE C. FOWLER. REASONS: 1.4 (B, D)
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COMMENT: IF FONSEKA, WHAT NEXT?
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11. (C) Some local political analysts have begun to entertain
scenarios of what might happen in the Sri Lankan government
if Fonseka did win. Early opinions say that the wide-spread
UNF coalition he has assembled had no intention of staying
together for parliamentary elections. Indeed Post local
political staff are finding that local political organizers,
in particular those from the JVP, are squirreling away
presidential campaign funds to use for their own
parliamentary campaigns. The JVP is showing its
organizational strength on the ground and is likely to
benefit in general elections. Some are saying that if
Rajapaksa loses, his family's fortunes in the SLFP will end,
and it will revert back to its more historic form. Rumors
have cropped up in the past week that former President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga may announce her support
for Fonseka, with her son Vimukthi Kumaratunga at her side.
This then would serve as Vimukthi's entrance into the
political world, and a passing of the torch to the next
generation of the Bandaranaike family, which has been deeply
involved in Sri Lankan politics for some 300 years.
Interestingly, Mangala Samaraweera, seen by many as the
brains behind Fonseka's campaign strategy, also ran
Chandrika's presidential campaign and was known as one of her
close confidantes. He is thought by some to be a possible
candidate for Prime Minister in a Fonseka administration.
End Comment.
FOWLER
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10COLOMBO21_a.html
ඩීල් දාසය ඇවන්ගාට් හොරු රකින්න ගිහින් බලුවෙලා අනාතමවෙල ගියා
