Million signatures to denounce Fonseka’s statement
Mahinda P. Liyanage Galle Central special corr
A collection of signatures for a petition with one million signatures
from the public organized by the Desha Hitaishi Jathika Vyaparaya at
Provincial level was launched yesterday under the auspices of Ven. Elle
Gunawansa Thera, the initiator of the program and President of the Desha
Hithaishee Vyaparaya.
The petition is to protest against and to denounce the treacherous
and irresponsible declaration of Retired General Fonseka alleging that
the heroic war heroes of the motherland on the directives from Defence
Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa gunned down the terrorists who came to
surrender with white flags in the final phase of the humanitarian
operation to free the Tamil community from the ruthless clutches of the
LTTE terrorists.
The petition was addressed to Philip Alston, United Nations’ Special
rapporteur on Extra Judiciary or Arbitrary Execution, United Nations’
Human Right Council, UNO, Geneva with the objective of shedding light
over the baseless and revengeful allegations made against the country’s
heroic forces and to educate the international community over the
authentic and genuine nature of the Humanitarian Operations of the Sri
Lankan Forces.
A number of political leaders, scholars, leading professionals and a
large number of members of the public participated.
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