First Lady hard at work for Jayantha’s promotion

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Created On Wednesday, 07 August 2013 05:53

Category: General

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has commenced a well strategized plan to get Rear Admiral Jayantha Perera appointed as the next Navy Commander, sources from the navy said.

As a first step in this plan, the President has decided not to grant an extension of service to Chief of Staff of the Navy Rear Admiral Damayantha Dharmasiriwardena. He had completed 55 years in July and he has to now go on retirement since the extension of service requested by him has been turned down. The President had turned down the first extension request made by Dharmasiriwardena and has appointed Perera to the post of Chief of navy Staff.

However, while Dharmasiriwardena was not granted even the first extension requested by him, the First Lady’s relative, Perera has completed his first service extension. The First Lady is now in the process of getting Navy Commander Admiral Jayanath Colombage to retire from the service and appoint Perera as the next Navy Commander.

In order to become a Navy Commander, the respective officer has to serve as a commanding officer of an area, which Perera has not done.

Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa’s father was also a navy officer and he was not appointed to the post of Navy Commander since he was a non-Buddhist. The First Lady’s father however, had the necessary requirements to hold the office.

The First Lady has informed the Defence Secretary that her father was deprived of holding the post of Navy Commander, but that her son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa should be given the opportunity to be appointed to the post. She has noted that Perera’s appointment as the Navy Commander would help secure Yoshitha’s future in the Navy.