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Lanka determined to Court Martial Fonseka
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Colombo News Desk CND on 19 February, 2010 12:48:00
 
It is unofficially learnt that the Court Martial would be headed by the senior
most officer in the tri-services, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke.
The choice of ACM Goonetileke is expected to meet the criticism from Fonseka’s
lawyers that he cannot be tried by officers who are junior to him in service.
Since Fonseka was Chief of Defence Staff ,with jurisdiction over the three
services, and the charges against him relate to his tenure as CDS also, a non
army officer could also be on the panel of judges.
That the government is keen on going through the process which it had begun, has
been evident from some events and actions.
Firstly, Fonseka was arrested under the Army Act using the Military Police, and
then he was lodged in a house once used by the present navy chief, Adm. Tissara
Samarasinghe