Before Chris Nonis drama anti MR email circulate among diplomats: Danger of militarization of External Affairs Ministry

(Lanka-e-News- 17.Oct.2014, 11.30PM) As a result of the assault on Chris Nonis, Sri Lanka High Commissioner of London by Sajin de Vas Genawardena, Monitoring MP of the Ministry of External Affairs, internal conflicts at the Ministry has come to the surface. According to the ministry officials, this is not an isolate incident. It is a part of a well-planned plot to remove Chris Nonis. This became possible after appointing Chanka Talpahewa, highly corrupted officer popular for carrying tales as the Deputy High Commissioner. He is a close associate of Sajin Vas Gunawardena and lover of Kshenuka Seneviratna, Secretary of the Ministry. While Chris Nonis incident was developing, CID began an investigation on circulation of emails among senior Foreign Service Officers criticizing the government. The investigations were being carried out on P.M. Amza, one of the henchmen of the regime and former Ambassador to Brussels and Prassnna, another Foreign Service officer serving at SARC Secretariat in Nepal. It has been revealed that a few other officers including Azziz, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Austria, I. Anzar, Ambassador in Malaysia, Ravinatha Ariyasinghe, Ambassador in Geneva and Anas, Acting Ambassador in Kuwait were also involved in this email distribution. In particular, Ravinatha never liked Saijn Vas as he was taking about things alien to him. The whole episode was exposed when one of the emails was received at the office of Chris Noins and a copy of the same was secretly given to Sain Vas by Chanaka Thalpahewa.

All these incidents revealed prevalence of an anti-government group at the External Affairs Ministry. This is not an entirely new phenomenon as Ministry officials have been accused of leaking sensitive information to foreign secret agencies. In the meantime, a group has been appointed to spy the officers of the Ministry. This group is headed by Jauhar, Director General of the Overseas Administration Division and Pradeepa Saram, Director General of the Consular Affiars Division of the Ministry. The most dangerous development is hacking of emails and computers of the Ministry with the support of Chinese and local hackers. As a result there is nothing secret in the Ministry.

Against this backdrop, appointing of a former Military commander served as an Ambassador to the Secretary post of the External Affairs Ministry is being discussed. The reasons to appoint a military officer are to discipline the officers and put things in order. According to the internal information of the Ministry, present secretary Kshenuka Sevaniratna will once again be appointed as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to London where she would be happy to be with her new lover.

At the end all these activities will seriously affect the sovereignty of the country more than the Ministry itself.