‘Api Army’ (We Army) – defence secretary militarizes entire country!

 Wednesday, 12 February 2014 

Without stopping at making principals of popular schools military brigadiers and colonels, defence secretary Gotabhaya Nandasena Rajapaksa is planning to militarize the entire country by awarding military rankings to all popular people in Sri Lanka, according to internal sources of the Defence Ministry.

 Accordingly, popular cricketers, singers, actors and actresses will be awarded military rankings, and the defence secretary has recommended a list of names for that purpose. He has also instructed that this project should be called ‘Api Army’ (We Army), on a proposal by one of his closest allies Dilith Jayaweera.

 According to the sources, Jayaweera is hoodwinking the defence secretary these days in order to obtain the related propaganda campaign for himself.

 Under this project, cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena are to be awarded brigadier rankings. And, on a recommendation by MP Namal Rajapaksa, Bhatiya and Santhush too, are to be given brigadier rankings. At the time of his death, Bhatiya’s father had been a brigadier, and Bhatiya will easily earn that by his feats of singing and by campaigning for the rulers.

 Ruwanthi Mangala, Judith White (Ginger) and Gayesha Perear, the three female friends of Duminda Silva, who is the defence secretary’s bosom buddy, too, are to be awarded at least captain rankings on their merits.

 For you readers, this particular article may seem ridiculous, but the entire Sri Lankan citizenry will soon have to taste the fear emanating from it. When the lands of the North were being seized, our brethren who looked the other way by saying, “It is not us, but the Tamils’, will soon experience at Wanatamulla in Colombo the same fate the Tamils had to undergo. Only then, we will realize as nothing but the truth what terrorist leader Kuttimani had said at the high court ruling on the Nirweli bank robbery in 1982. “This Army camp at Elephant Pass will come to Kalutara tomorrow. This Navy camp at Gurunagar will come to Hambantota tomorrow. This Air Force camp at Palali will come to Matale tomorrow. This same weapon that was raised against us Tamils today will be raised against you the Sinhalese tomorrow. Only then you will realize how reasonable this fight of ours is.”