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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11674476" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRCa_4PSbTVJJGkA0jf3_-ir_PzPWUjx3jjzjgzB5A-gvwKrnRfSg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />President Mahinda Rajapaksa today reiterated his earlier position  that former Army Commander, Sarath Fonseka could be released on  condition that a member of his family makes a direct appeal for  clemency.The President was reacting to a question during a breakfast meeting  with editors of national newspapers and pother media organisations."The standard procedure will have to be followed before a release  could be considered, and towards this end an appeal will have to be made  by the family of the jailed army commander", he said.He also confirmed that he had discussed the issue with the Democratic  National Alliance (DNA) MP Tiran Alles during regular meetings between  the two.Alles is also the publisher of the newly launched Sinhala-language  newspaper ‘Maubima’ and its sister English publication, ‘Ceylon Today’.ST</blockquote>

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