Sri Lankan Political Protests Draw Thousands

The supporters of the opposition of the candidate who won the elections were protesting because their candidate had both lost and been arrested. This took place in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, before police had to use tear gas to break up the fights. Sarath Fonseka who had lost the elections was the candidate who all the supporters were behind saving. They filed an appeal in Supreme Court to let him go. Mahinda Rajapaksa who had won the elections was being constantly made fun of as citizens chose to burn lifesize posters of him and smah coconuts which was a religious intervention in hopes of letting God help. These keen men decided to further throw stones at supporters of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Again the police was forced to use water and tear gas to silent the crowds. This was the first clash since the elections. Sarath Fonseka had crushed the Tamil Tigers dilemna, which is why he gained much support, and he was arrested by military police because he had planned to overthrow the government while still in control of the military. He was still an army chief. Unfortunately Sarath Fonseka's followers believed the police was doing this so that he would not be able to try for the next parliamentary elections. Amidst the clashes a total of only 6 people were injured: two policemen and 4 citizens. The protests will likely keep continuing until Fonseka is released.

There is something ver politically wrong going on with this country. The public is making assumptions about Sarath Fonseka's arrest and should be cleared on details. There was a reason he was arrested and that is because he wanted to take over the government in a violent manner. The majority of the public, his supporters, need to understand that he is not necessarily a very good elect for president. Just by noticing the fact that he was planning on taking advantage of his position as army chief and being in control of the army shows what he could do to literally "reign" over Sri Lanka. The likelyhood of Fonseka imposing military power and rule over the country if he released and he wins the April elections is high. However on behalf of the government, I think the public is taking this too far. It's just one election and the supporters have to be less paranoid about the fact that the government is doing this to block any chances of Sarath Fonseka winning the elections.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/10/sri-lanka-clashes.html