The poster is ok but Ketagoda is missing

Sunday, 08 February 2015

Yesterday 7th of February there was a poster in the walls of Colombo pasted by an organization named “We are for Justice” heading “Salute for Jayantha Ketagoda for presenting the MP post for General”

We earlier reported that General Sarath Fonseka is coming to the parliament on the 6th but yesterday it did not happen because Jayantha Ketagoda still have not resigned. The Elections commissioner told the media, General Fonseka’s parliamentary seat lies at the hands of Ketagoda whereas if Ketagoda resigns General Fonseka can be appointed.

However until 6th Ketagoda did not resign but today there was such a poster in the walls of Colombo. Members of the Democratic Party said they are unable to locate Ketagoda to thank him. According to reports reaching us government and opposition parliament MP’s has met Ketagoda and told him not to resign.

The reason why forcing Ketagoda not to resign is that the fear by any chance when General Fonseka comes to the Parliament sometimes there are possibilities that the defense ministry which is under the President would be given to him. During the election President Maithripala’s promised that he would fulfill justice to Fonseka but
never told that he would give the defense ministry. Now President Maithripala has fulfilled his election promise.

Jaffna University In Uproar: Govt Reneges, Promotes Tamil Extremism

By Ulagu Kudumban -February 8, 2015 

Rage among University Employees

At yesterday’s (06 Feb. 2015) meeting of the Jaffna University Teachers’ Association (JUTA), visibly angry members demanded that the Deans produce a secret memo to the UGC or resign. The widespread discontent was seen in the unusually high attendance and the absence from the meeting of isolated Vice Chancellor Vansanthi Arasaratnam’s usual supporters of whom one was seen eavesdropping from an adjacent room without attending. This was Dean Management Studies Prof. T. Velnamby who was the Chief Liaison between the VC and the EPDP for the last VC election where he brought his relatively unknown student from Eastern University as the dummy candidate who did impressively because of EPDP pressure.

Prof. Rajiva Wijesingha – the State Minister for Higher Education

The background building up to this furore is this: a) the series of memos and protest letters on flouted recruitment procedures from JUSTA, the JUSTA Science Teachers’ Association whose members belong to the larger JUTA. b) the Employees’ Union strike on Jan. 31 blockading the external Council members from attending the meeting usually held on the last Saturday of each month; c) the government reneging on promises to FUTA and d) Jaffna Deans seizing the moment to deny JUSTA’s allegations. We will go over these in time sequence.

Abuse of Power by VC and Jaffna Council                                            

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