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May 21st, 2012 
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He was court-martialed on several charges related to his military service.
Fonseka said the cases were a political vendetta to persecute him for daring
to run against Rajapaksa. The government denied the accusation.
The court-martial stripped him of his title, medals, pension and other
honours, dishonourably discharged him from the army and sentenced him to a
30-month jail term.
In November 2011, he was sentenced to an additional three-year term for
allegedly implicating the defense secretary and president’s brother
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in war crimes during the civil war.
About 3,000 supporters gathered in front of the prison in Colombo on Monday,
cheering and shouting slogans. They blocked traffic on a main road for hours.
Fonseka vowed to continue his struggle to create “a free and fair country”
and urged the people to join hands with him in his endeavour.
The details of Fonseka’s release – including whether it restores his right to
contest elections – were not immediately clear. According to Sri Lankan law,
a person convicted of a crime and sentenced to a jail term of at least six
months cannot contest elections for seven years. A full pardon could restore
those rights.
Fonseka and Rajapaksa had a falling out months after the war ended in May
2009, and their relationship deteriorated further after Fonseka challenged
the president in elections.
While in detention, Fonseka won a parliamentary seat on the opposition ticket
in April 2010, but was disqualified from holding office after the
court-martial.
Sri Lanka has faced growing criticism over alleged rights abuses in the final
phase of the civil war. Its ties with Washington have been strained by U.S.
sponsorship of a resolution passed by the U.N. Human Rights Council in March
to press Sri Lanka to conduct an independent probe into civilian deaths in
the final months of fighting.
More than 80,000 people were killed in the conflict, in which ethnic minority
Tamils were seeking a separate state, claiming decades of discrimination by
the Sinhalese majority.
Source: AP
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