Gen. Shavendra Silva has been asked to come to Colombo to counter possible peoples uprising in Colombo

Wednesday, 02 January 2013 

Reliable sources in New York has informed this website that Major General Shavendra Silva, Deputy Ambassador in New York has been given official leave from 04 to 20 January 2013 by Gotabaya Rajapakse to come to Colombo to control possible peoples uprising during the debate of the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice. Gota has decided to get the services of his most trusted army officer. The Embassy Officials in New York has learnt about this as General Silva has already made arrangements to travel to Sri Lanka.

It was no secret that it was Shavendra Silva who did all dirty work for Rajapakse regime during the time when Gen. Fonseka occupied the Cinnamon Grand hotel after presidential election in 2010. The regime has requested the General Silva to provide same kind of services after 08 January 2013.

However, though the regime gets whatever service they need from people like Shavendra Silva, it does not consider him now as an asset. Like Karuna Amman General Silva has also become a liability to the regime as he is in possession of all secrets relating to war crimes including killing of surrendered LTTE leaders and raping and killing of frontline women cadres of the LTTE. Therefore, the regime unsuccessfully tried to send General Silva as Deputy Ambassador to South Africa with a hidden agenda of harming him in that country, where security is a grave concern, through KP and his associates based in South Africa. But General Silva has protested this appointment and the regime has now put that under the carpet.

The Rajapakse government has been having number of problems in relation to General Silva’s appointment in New York. The pressure build by the UN and also internal problems at the Embassy due to General’s approaches towards the daughter of Minister Keheliya Rambukwella is giving headaches to the MR & Company. Our sources in New York say that General Silva has not given up going after Rambukwella daughter.