{"id":31821,"date":"2014-07-11T18:37:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T22:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=31821"},"modified":"2014-07-11T23:25:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T03:25:39","slug":"president-rajapaksa-re-appoints-gen-chandrasiri-as-northern-province-governor-despite-tamil-national-alliance-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=31821","title":{"rendered":"President Rajapaksa Re-appoints Gen.Chandrasiri as Northern Province Governor Despite Tamil National Alliance Objections."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dharisha Bastians<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reappointed a former military commander as Northern Province Governor, ignoring the strong objections of the Tamil National Alliance that is running the provincial administration in the formerly embattled region.<\/p>\n

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He was sworn in as the Governor of Northern Province again by the President at Temple Trees yesterday, the Government Information Department said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governor will hold office for a period of 5 year term as per the Sri Lankan Constitution. He was initially appointed as the Governor of the Northern Province on 12 July 2009, the very same day he retired from the Sri Lanka Army,\u201d the official Government news portal said. <\/p>\n

The ex-military officer has served in the Northern Province as a commander during the war.<\/p>\n

Northern Province Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran told Daily FT that the appointment signalled yet another broken promise from the Government. \u201cI see this more importantly as an indication of the intent to pursue a non-collaborative, coercive, military led relationship with the Tamils,\u201d the Chief Minister charged.<\/p>\n

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He quipped that President Rajapaksa may have attempted to find a civilian among his officers, but had been unable to locate one \u201cwilling to blindly follow others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am amused. The President gave me a promise on 2 January this year that he would change the Governor to a person without a military background, as soon as Mr. Chandrasiri\u2019s term was over,\u201d the Chief Minister asserted.<\/p>\n

Wigneswaran also congratulated Governor Chandrasiri, who he said had been expecting to join his family in Australia for \u201ccoming to the aid of the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Northern Province Chief Minister who was elected to office in last September\u2019s provincial election, made the appointment of a civilian as the Governor of the former conflict zone a major campaign issue. In the 10 months since the election, Wigneswaran has repeatedly accused Governor Chandrasiri of running a parallel administration in the Northern Province and hindering the work of the elected provincial administration.
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By Dharisha Bastians President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reappointed a former military commander as Northern Province Governor, ignoring the strong objections of the Tamil National Alliance that is running the provincial administration in the formerly embattled region. He was sworn in as the Governor of Northern Province again by the President at Temple Trees yesterday, the …<\/p>\n

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