The main Opposition party the UNP which issued a statement  on the arbitrary arrest and continued illegal detention of Gen. Sarath Fonseka , the Presidential candidate at the last Presidential candidate said , Gen . Fonseka’s detention is akin to the illegal detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar after the elections.

Former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva states that whatever perspective, the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka runs contrary to all accepted norms of the law as we know it. From the hallowed Constitution to  the Universal Declaration, the ICCPR,  the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,  the Army Act or the CDS Act, the entire gamut of  the law does not extend a reason adequate for the arrest and detention of General Sarath Fonseka who is now a candidate nominated for the Parliamentary Elections.