President Rajapaksa rebuffs question about Fonseka
From Colombo, the twitter pages of Lydia Polgreen ~ NYTimes.com
Hm, local press being ushered in but foreign kept out, what gives.
Finally managed to get in. Rajapaksa answered questions for a good chunk of time, took call from Indian PM, came back for more.
Said 6 mil people voted for me, even those who I didn’t have to look after their interests
Brushed off questions about Fonseka: “why should I get involved in all these petty matters”
Of the IDPs still in camps, he said many don’t want to leave. “They are happy in the camps”
Said he was not stung by Tamil votes against him, only wanted them to participate in elex as a start to reconciliation.
Just to be clear, it was not a 1 on 1/w Rajapaksa, lots of other media there. [ http://www.twitter.com/lpolgreen ]