Govt.‘s aim and ambition to accelerate General’s death keeping him in jail: Poya day poojas for General’s health –Anura Kumara Dissanayake

JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated on the 28th that the General’ s health has deteriorated: he is having breathing difficulties and speech problems. His wife could not decipher what he was speaking and his voice was also beyond recognition. Dissanayake charged that the Govt.‘s design and desire is to accelerate his death by indefinite incarceration and blame on natural causes. Dissanayake made this announcement when addressing a media briefing at the DNA leader General Sarath Fonseka’s office yesterday. Why has n’ t a specialist been summoned by the Govt. and Gen. Fonseka attended to,? he asked. While taking legal action against this Govt.’ course of action and staging protests, special poojas have been organized across the entire country today 29th (poya day) to invoke blessings on Fonseka and for his recovery, Dissanayake added.

Answering a question posed by the media that Fonseka has been assigned a Doctor from the Naval Force; Dissanayke, said, although this had been promised, nothing has materialized. In any case the Doctors in The Navy are not specialists; they are ordinary Doctors who treat coughs and colds of navy officers. This is not to underestimate them. But, the health problem of the General is not a cough or cold, it is much more serious. It is imperative that he is treated by a specialist. A number of specialists have already spoken to Anoma Fonseka offering their services. They are prepared to give of their best for the sake of General Fonseka, the true patriot. Gen. Fonseka‘s sickness is unlike that of others. This is the consequence of the bomb attack by a suicide bomber when he was an Army Commander in action sacrificing his all for the country. Bomb shrapnel are still embedded in his lungs and body. Despite the Govt. being fully aware of all this, this is its way of expressing gratitude to the Army Commander who saved the country from the terrorists and freed it from the fear that permanently stalked the land, even the President and his Govt.- so many Govt. politicos were victims of LTTE terror, he pointed out

Q Your allegation that the Govt. is trying to kill Gen. Fonseka by natural causes is a serious one ? A Why, in the place where he is kept in custody even the windows are shut with planks. The Bogambara prisoners on the other hand, get a better treatment, they are allowed to be in the open for two hours. He is not even given that facility. Because every effort made by the Govt. to punish him turned futile, it is taking revenge by these methods. Earlier Prabhakaran tried to kill the General through a suicide bomber and failed. Now, is n’t this Govt. trying to accomplish what Prabhakaran failed? Anoma Fonseka also speaking on the occasion, said, when she went to see the General on the 28th morning, the day of the meeting, his cough has aggravated and he was experiencing breathing difficulties. Daughters told him to take treatment promptly. I have already explained that following the suicide bomber’s attack, his body is embedded with shrapnel, and his lungs are affected due to the proneness for phlegm accumulation. Yet no medical services have been provided so far. Jayantha Katagoda … We do not approve this type of treatment meted out to the Army Commander by the Govt. under any circumstances. The country, people, the President and his Govt. are living in peace today because of him. He created the environment of peace for them. But, this Govt. is creating the worst environment and making life hell for him by inflicting all the sufferings and harassment. Why is specialist medical treatment not provided to the war Hero who freed the country from terrorism, who is the leader of the DNA political party, who is the Colombo District Candidates’ group leader? We totally condemn and denounce the Govt.’s ruthless and ungrateful attitude, he noted.