Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, MP yesterday claimed that a
dispute between the Rajapaksas and former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka
would have been much more serious than the war veteran’s differences
with the UNP and other leading Opposition figures. He said that
obviously the retired General had not been discouraged by some
statements attributed to Opposition MP, including UNP leader Ranil
Wickremesinghe during the military offensive.
He was responding to The Island query whether the
UNP and its partners would apologise for damaging statements attributed
to Opposition MPs during the campaign. He said that a section of the
media, particularly the State organs misinterpreted political speeches,
including the one in which Wickremesinghe commented on the liberation of
Thoppigala. He also explained the circumstances in which another UNP
spokesman Lakshman Kirieilla, MP declared that any fool could wage war
and SLFP MP Mangala Samaraweera, MP declared that Fonseka was not even
fit to be the Commander of the Salvation Army.
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