Engineering mafia in the Army!
- Aug 09, 2016
De Silva is an officer of the engineering regiment. The service extension given him by the president ends on the 22nd of this month. He is planning to make sure that his successor too, is from the same regiment.
The incumbent expects that he will be given another extension, and he is these days going after politicians in order to get the president’s approval for the same. If he is given a six month extension, he is planning to get Maj. Gen. Channa Gunatilake to succeed him, and if it is one year, to get Maj. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake appointed the next commander. Both Gunatilake and Senanayake are from the engineering regiment.
Major general promotions for unqualified.
Meanwhile, de Silva made recommendations in the past few months to grant promotions to the major general ranking for several brigadiers in the engineering regiment without proper qualifications. The Army has 51 major general rank officers, and unqualified engineering regiment brigadiers Lal Gunasekara, Dhananjith Karunaratne, Dhammika Weerasekara and Keerthi Rajapakse were given the promotions.
The incumbent expects that he will be given another extension, and he is these days going after politicians in order to get the president’s approval for the same. If he is given a six month extension, he is planning to get Maj. Gen. Channa Gunatilake to succeed him, and if it is one year, to get Maj. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake appointed the next commander. Both Gunatilake and Senanayake are from the engineering regiment.
Major general promotions for unqualified.
Meanwhile, de Silva made recommendations in the past few months to grant promotions to the major general ranking for several brigadiers in the engineering regiment without proper qualifications. The Army has 51 major general rank officers, and unqualified engineering regiment brigadiers Lal Gunasekara, Dhananjith Karunaratne, Dhammika Weerasekara and Keerthi Rajapakse were given the promotions.
