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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8096153" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/2195unt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will appeal against a  court martial conviction that stripped him of his rank, pension and  prestige, his political party announced Sunday.President Mahinda  Rajapakse formally removed Fonseka's rank and medals and stopped his  pension on Saturday, a day after a court martial found him guilty of  engaging in politics while in uniform."We do not accept the court  martial process, but we are going to appeal to a civilian court against  this decision," said Anura Kumara Dissanayake, legislator and spokesman  for Fonseka's Democratic National Alliance.Dissanayake said the  government was trying to destroy the political career of Fonseka, who  attained national hero status as the battlefield architect of the  military victory over Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year.The  former four-star general, who quit the military in November to become an  opposition politician, unsuccessfully challenged Rajapakse for the  presidency in January elections.Two weeks after his defeat at the polls, he was arrested and taken into military custody."The  government wants to erase the memory of what General Fonseka achieved  last year by ending the war," Dissanayake said. "He will remain in the  minds of a grateful nation as a great hero."Fonseka's court  martial by a three-member tribunal began five months ago despite  protests from his party and human rights groups that the process was  seriously flawed.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVCVF5SlVuy63U5l4P-I6pZ-paYw" target="_blank">AFP</a></blockquote>

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