The army commander according to the
latest news has been promoted to the rank of
Four Star General from the Lieutenant
General just prior to his retirement today, the President Maithripala Sirisena.
Was this because he averted the coup by
refusing to obey the orders of Ghotabaya Rajapakse or the then President, his
Commander in chief? If so we need to know as a nation, that despite his prior
track record of propping up the Regime, and being directly and unashamedly
involved in the Election Campaign of the Rajapakse’s, against all the rules of
the Army for which he could technically have been court-martialed out of the
Army without pension and demotion prior to retirement.
This is a scandalous disregard of the
public’s right to know, as an explanation is called for when this promotion is
made, as otherwise it is NOT one he is deserving of, as his promotion to the
rank of Commander had overlooked the more senior man, Chrishantha de Silva, who
was then sent to Russia as Deputy Ambassador, as he was still a serving
officer, who wished to stay to retirement to obtain his benefits, and could be
kept out of being a constant thorn in the backside of Ghota, by being frozen
out in Moscow.
It was brave of Ranil Wickremasinghe the
PM to insist on giving this man his due by bringing him back and giving his
promotion albeit a few years late, and keeping the more junior officer,
Rambukpotha to while away his time until the right moment, if indeed it even
works out for him, without being implicated in the PR campaign for the MR re-election
bid or any other corrupt practice.
I personally do not believe that
Ratnayake should be promoted as it both belittles that title, and further
destroys loyalty and dedication to the forces for future offices.
Before I end this, Why has Jayasuriya
NOT been fired, demoted, and actually prosecuted for his complicity in
destroying SF? Is it a matter of time before he is bared, stripped and outed? I
guess that is for post Election Politics, to be made a show trial of by SF who
is gunning for the Ministry of Defence which I am sure MS is intelligent enough
not to give, though he has already interfered in the running of the MOD by his
actions and insistences that are frankly uncalled for of a person with a
reputation to uphold, and remove the tag of “shooting from the hip”
No long explanations are required a simple one would suffice.
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