President tells Opposition Leader:
Fonseka's arrest legal
*He could appeal to Supreme Court
*Investigations will be expedited
UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met President Mahinda
Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday morning and among the matters they
discussed was the arrest and detention of Retired General Sarath Fonseka,
a press release from the President's media division said.
The President explained to the Opposition Leader that the arrest and
detention of Sarath Fonseka was not an act against him but a an Army
disciplinary step. Fonseka has been provided with facilities to appeal
against his arrest to the Supreme Court.
He said investigations regarding the case would be done
expeditiously. The Opposition Leader asked whether someone other than
Mrs. Anoma Fonseka could be permitted to take food and other necessities
to Fonseka and the President replied that it could be arranged by the
Army Commander. But he had seen media reports that said Mrs. Fonseka
wished to take meals for her husband and if she so wished she could take
meals to him. President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he could recall that he
too was detained for serving the public, his wife Shiranthi who was
pregnant at the time brought his meals to the remand prison, the press
release stated. |