Two SL Brigadiers engage in fisticuff in public –Disgrace to country but no disciplinary action

(Lanka-e-News -15.Dec.2015, 3.30PM)   Two Sri Lankan (SL) army brigadiers  have engaged in a fisticuff in public  in a foreign country thereby tarnishing the image of Sri Lanka (SL)  . However , based on reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division , no disciplinary action had been instituted against them so far.

It is in Pakistan , Brigadier Senarath Bandara and Brigadier Duminda Keppetwalana have  most shamelessly and degradingly exchanged blows in public.

Brigadier Bandara is the military attache in the SL High Commission in Pakistan while brigadier Keppetiwalana has gone there to follow the army NDC course . During the period of the former regime , Keppetiwalana fell prey  to army’s  victimization  and was expelled .However , he was reinstated after the advent of the new government of good governance.

It is most unfortunate that these two brigadiers have physically fought before the gaze of the  public . Two high ranking officers of the army engaging in a fight in public is a violation of the army disciplinary code, and what the army commander ought to have done in such cirumstances is immediately get them down to SL and conduct a disciplinary inquiry. To the dismay of all,  however the army commander Krishantha De Silva is waiting lethargically until he receives a complaint from the High Commission.

Meanwhile the favorite henchmen, the most notorious major general Mahinda Haturusinghe and major general S.W.L Daulagala (050890) are due for retirement next month, and they have receieved the relevant documents. Daulagala was the brigade commander during the period – July 1996 who fled for dear life irresponsibly casting aside all his official responsibilities when the LTTE launched an attack on Mulaitivu camp and seized the rifles  that were in the possesion of the army for the first time in SL.

Though he deserved to be punished and deprived of his ‘stars and medals’  on that day , he was allowed to continue unhindered in the army until the day of retirement which  is 24 th January 2016. 

Mahinda Haturusinghe ‘s record is as bad or worse . He faced charges of receiving payment from the LTTE for providing information to them . Yet Gotabaya instead of sacking him , used him for his nefarious activities while molycoddling him and keeping him in service . Haturusinghe  is due for retirement on  3 rd January 2016.

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by     (2015-12-15 10:19:25)