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Sarath Fonseka. Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( Sinhala: ගාර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, Tamil: சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), popularly known as Sarath Fonseka is a retired Sri Lankan army officer and ...
Sarath Fonseka. General Sarath Fonseka was considered a national hero for bringing an end to the Sri Lankan Civil War while serving as commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 2005 to 2009. However, following the military victory, tensions grew between President Rajapaksa and Fonseka, who later accused Rajapaksa of sidelining him after the end of ...
Senior diplomats who had returned to Sri Lanka to support the Rajapaksa election campaign left the country on the same day. Two of aides of Sarath Fonseka, Major General Mahesh Senanayake and Brigadier Duminda Keppetiwalana, who had fled Sri Lanka after the 2010 presidential election, returned to Sri Lanka on 10 January 2015.
On 9 February Sarath Fonseka took oath as a member of parliament for the seat vacated by the death of M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana giving the party a seat in the Parliament. On 30 July Sarath Fonseka obtained membership of United National Party and Democratic party was dissolved accordingly.
Sarath Fonseka, the former commander of the Sri Lanka Army, and candidate of the 2010 presidential election who was quoted in the article, initially denied the story, but The Sunday Leader subsequently refuted the denial. The story resulted in Fonseka being charged with ""propagating a false rumour", a violation of emergency regulations.
Anoma Fonseka. Anoma Indumathi Fonseka ( née Munasinghe) is the wife of former commander of the Sri Lanka Army and politician, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka. [1] She is also the former outgoing president of Seva Vanitha Army Branch, a position she held from 2005 to 2009. [2] She was appointed the chairperson of the Ranaviru Seva Authority by ...
White Flag case. The White Flag Case is a court case in which the former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was prosecuted for an interview which he gave to Frederica Jansz, editor of the Sunday Leader, in which he is stated to have said that surrendering Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were executed and not allowed to ...
UPFA. Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 and 20 April 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka 's 14th Parliament. [1] 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations. It was the first general election to be held in Sri Lanka following the conclusion of the civil war which lasted 26 years.