Colombo, February 02: Defeated opposition candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka says he never tried to stage a coup to unseat President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a day after Sri Lanka sacked 12 senior military officers, reportedly loyal to the former army chief, for hatching a “political conspiracy” during the polls.
Fonseka denied he ever tried to stage a coup saying, he just had a couple of police personnel protecting him.
“After election the government is saying that we are trying to stage a coup which is a total deliberate lie,” he told reporters.
We all went to the hotel (on January 26) of the second floor because we got the copies of the assassination plan which was planned by the army headquarters operation branch and we got the copies,” he said.
And according to that they (the army headquarters) were to surround my house, Opposition leader’s house, my office on night of January 26, take all of us into custody and assassinate, Fonseka said last evening.
–Agencies