Navy prepares files for Yoshitha in a hurry! 

Wednesday, 07 January 2015
After military intelligence reported the possibility of a change in government, Navy commander Admiral Jayantha Perera has ordered his juniors to keep the files of the president’s second son, Navy officer Yoshitha Rajapaksa, in order.

Despite being an officer, none of the regulations governing bachelor officers have been applicable to him so far. It is against the regulations for officers of his rank to go home to spend the night, which they should spend at bachelors’ quarters, and cannot engage in businesses under his name.

But, Yoshitha does not care about these regulations and spends nights at clubs with girls and runs Carlton Sports Network under his name. They are serious disciplinary violations and are against the Navy Act. Allowing him a free reign in this manner, his seniors too, have intentionally violated the Navy Act. If Yoshitha is found guilty of these charges at a disciplinary inquiry, his seniors too, are guilty of having aided and abetted him.

After discussing all these at length, the Navy commander has ordered his juniors to act immediately, keeping in mind such a possibility in the future.

Gota threatens Lanka’s deputy ambassador in Russia!

Wednesday, 07 January 2015
Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has badly berated Maj. Gen. Krishantha Silva, deputy ambassador in Russia, say Army sources.

Maj. Gen. Silva, of the engineering corps, joined the Army under intake 13 and is senior to incumbent commander Gen. Daya Ratnayake, who is from the same batch.

Despite Silva’s seniority, the defence secretary appointed Ratnayake as the commander on political grounds. The defence secretary has explained to the president about a possibility of a clash between the two, and recommended that Silva be given a diplomatic posting overseas. As a result, he was sent to Russia as the deputy ambassador.

Soon after the announcement of the presidential election, the defence secretary recalled all high ranking military officers in the diplomatic service and ordered them to engage in the election campaign. However, Maj. Gen. Silva has refused to return to Sri Lanka, criticising the order and noting that it was a serious disciplinary breach to engage in politics publicly while in uniform.

Two days later, Gotabhaya telephoned him and told him to prepare to go home after the results are announced after the 08th. Maj. Gen. Silva sternly told him that it would be a great esteem for him to go home rather than doing politics while in the Army.