Sarath Fonseka: Where will he go from here?
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| By Our Political Editor New equipment required by the CMC for waste management in the Colombo city was donated by the ADB. Under the first phase of the project Rs. 164 million worth of equipment was donated. Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa (2nd from left) and Local govt. Minister A.L.M. Athaulla handed over the equipment to Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil (3rd from right) on Wednesday. | ||
 “Eyaa guliya gilala” or he has swallowed the pill said Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa when Colombo's Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil asked, "what is happening to Fonseka."
The occasion was last Wednesday's ceremony where the Ministry of Local Government donated four jet machines worth more than Rs 150 million for cleaning drains. It has been provided with assistance from the Asian Development Bank. The event was held at the Fire Brigade Training Institute at Wellawatte.
The informal chat between the Defence Secretary and the Mayor was revealing.
"Eyata dena lanu matath minissu denava. Mama ravatenney nehe" (People come to give me the same rope that was given to him. I don't get fooled), declared Rajapaksa. He went on to say that "most parliamentarians from both sides speak to me. They tell me I can do well in politics. My popularity is one thing. Politics is another. I only want to serve the people and attend to their various needs from where I am," he added. He also pointed out that neither he nor his advisors understood or knew anything about politics, a veiled reference to Fonseka and his own advisers who did not understand too.
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