President Has Said He Has Handled The Last Two Weeks Of War Against LTTE As Other Leaders Left The Country -Field Marshal Has Denied Presidents Statement

President Maithripala Sirisena has said during a meeting held with Sri Lankan community  lives in New York,USA Yesterday 27) that during the last two weeks of war against LTTE in North Former President ,Former Prime Minister, Former Defense Secretary and Army Commander all were out of the country and it was he who has handled the situation as the acting Defence Minister. 

All the top ranked Higher Officials had  left the country during the last stage of the war due to a plot planned by LTTE to destroy Colombo operating from ChennaI, India  he has stressed .

However denying the statement made by  President Sirisena Regarding the final stage of the war ,Wild Life Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has said today (28)that no one including himself fled away from the country during that period .

Addressing the media after a meeting held at Kelaniya ,Field Marshal Fonseka has said that  all the higher officials mentioned by president Sirisena  in his statement were on assignments in foreign Countries at that time and he too left for  China on an official visit .