Betraying the nation:

Betraying the nation:
Fonseka does it again
Tells BBC ready to give evidence at any Court anywhere:
General Sarath Fonseka has betrayed the President, Defence Secretary, Security Forces and the whole nation before the international community through an alleged clandestine telephone interview with the BBC, Media Centre for National Security Director General Lakshman Hulugalle said.
BBC hard talk presenter Stephen Sackur in a report posted in a BBC website said that General Fonseka in a clandestine telephone interview from his military detention cell suggested that officers may have committed war crimes during the final hours of the humanitarian war against LTTE terrorists.
The presenter also quoted General Fonseka as saying he was even prepared to testify before any independent investigation into war crimes.
Hulugalle said this is not the first time that General Fonseka had made such unpatriotic and unsavoury comments. Earlier too he betrayed the country, nation and security forces by making wild allegations against them. Hulugalle said officers and other personnel attached to the Security Forces conducted the humanitarian war with great dedication and self-sacrifice.
The sacrifices made by them helped to totally wipe out terrorism from the face of this country.
The leadership and guidance to them was given by the President and the Defence Secretary. General Fonseka who envied them was trying to seek revenge on them by betraying them to the international community.
Such statements would only defame them and belittle the war victory attained through hard work.
Hulugalle said that eventhough General Fonseka denied making his earlier statement he could not deny the latest statement made to the BBC as it has been recorded in his own voice.
It was upto the Judiciary to decide on the punishment which should be meted out for making such unpatriotic statements.
Senior Attorney Gomin Dayasri referring to General Fonseka’s statement said that General Fonseka who acted as a true Army Commander earlier had earned his personal ire and the contempt of the Sri Lankan society due to his subsequent unpatriotic behaviour.
General Fonseka was trying to seek personal gain by betraying the country and the Security Forces to the international community, he said. Senior Lawyer and former Parliamentarian S.L. Gunasekera commenting on the telephone interview General Sarath Fonseka had with a BBC presenter saying he would go before any Court anywhere to give evidence on war crimes committed during the final phase of the humanitarian operations in the Wanni said.
Nobody in another country has a right to hold a tribunal about any incident in this country that is an internal matter for Sri Lanka. If there is to be any inquiry it should be purely a domestic matter. If retired General Sarath Fonseka has said he was prepared to go before a foreign tribunal on war crimes he should be condemned and boycotted by the people of this country in all respects. He should be ostracized.