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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, February 24, 2018
Govt. succumbs to pressure from Britain:President fails to prevent recall of military attache
Brig. Priyankara Fernando
by Shamindra Ferdinando-February 23, 2018, 11:14 pm
The
government has, under heavy pressure from the UK, carried out its
decision to recall Sri Lanka’s military attache in London, Brig.
Prinyankara Fernando, despite a presidential intervention. When the
government announced its decision to recall the brigadier, following an
incident where he allegedly made a throat slitting gesture in front of a
group of British LTTE supporters of Sri Lankan origin, in London, on
Feb. 04, President Sirisena, ordered that he be reinstated.
Sources said the UK had called for swift action again the military attache.
The LTTE supporters protested near the Sri Lankan High Commission in
London while Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex were in Colombo for Sri
Lanka’s 70th Independence Day celebrations.
Sources said that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office had informed
the influential Global Tamil Forum (GTF) of immediate measures taken by
the UK following the incident.
Brig. Fernando returned on Thursday (Feb. 22) hours after the GTF was
informed of the specific measures taken by the British government
against over the Feb. 4 incident.
Suren Surendiran, on behalf of the GTF on Feb.10, complained to
Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris
Johnson of the incident. The GTF urged the UK to declare the officer
persona non grata.
Responding to the GTF’s plea, the South Asia Department of the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Feb. 22 assured Surendiran that the UK
took the incident ‘very seriously’ and Minister for South Asia
personally got in touch with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana.