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| Norway funds mishandled in Srilanka. |
| [08.03.2010, 04:07pm, Mon. GMT] |
Head of the Foundation for Co-existence and International Alert, Kumar Rupasinghe, who is currently under high pressure following the decision of the Norwegian government to slash millions of rupees of funding provided to his organization, is reportedly planning on publishing a “tell all” book on how Norway worked in Sri Lanka. A key activist at the Foundation for Co-existence when inquired about the book said it was merely a rumor being spread by Kumar Rupasinghe to create a fear among officials at the Norwegian embassy in Sri Lanka.
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He said that Rupasinghe would also be exposed if he wrote a book on the
functions of the Norwegian government in Sri Lanka.
Work at the Foundation for Co-existence has come to a standstill due to the lack of funds and Rupasinghe had last week terminated the employment of veteran actress Swarna Mallawarachchi, who was the Media Spokesperson for the organization.
Rupasinghe when terminating the employment of many other workers at the organization had said they should file action against the Norwegian government before court.
The Norwegian embassy decided to withdraw the funding provided to the Foundation fro Co-existence after Rupasinghe had failed to provide account details on the funds received by the Norwegian government.
Rupasinghe has been working closely with the Srilankan President and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa and has been secretly supportive of the government’s acts.
It is learnt that unable to balance the accounts and provide bills for monies used for various Kumar Rupasinghe's personal acts, Ruapsinghe had informed the Norwegian government that he could not provide account details in a hurry as the employees who handled the organization’s accounts had left their jobs.
Norwegian support for peace efforts in Srilanka did contribute to stop tensions on the island:- When the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger known as LTTE entered into the Ceasefire Agreement in 2002, they put an immediate stop to 20 years of fighting in which tens of thousands of people lost their lives. The silencing of guns stopped the bloodshed and significantly alleviated humanitarian suffering. The economy and tourism picked up rapidly.
People were finally able to travel freely to areas that had for all practical purposes been closed off for years. The Ceasefire Agreement also allowed the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE to begin negotiations on a political solution to the conflict and this CFA created a road map to permanent peace in Srilanka.
(lanka news web)
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