Democratic Party leader Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka requested the President and the Prime Miister to remove the likes of Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe in order to establish good governance in the country.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Fonseka said that Rajapakshe was a serious obstacle to the establishment of good governance.

People voted for President Sirisena to establish good governance, Fonseka recalled, adding that Rajapakshe was acting contrary to those aspirations.

Fonseka pointed out that Rajapakshe had not acted against the Avant-Garde Maritime Services company due to personal connections.

Although the Attorney General gave instructions to arrest MP Hirunika Premachandra "within a week", he is "tongue-tied and unable to make a decision regarding the transactions of Avant-Garde amounting to millions and keeps pushing and pulling it", Fonseka told the media.

He asked if arresting Premachandra was more important than taking action against people who had allegedly threatened the national security.

Fonseka accused Justice Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa of spreading false information on the agreement between the government and the Avant-Garde company. Rajapakshe said that the agreement consists of 3,000 pages, whereas it actually consists of merely ten pages, Fonseka claimed.

Meanwhile, Sarath Fonseka also commented on Rajapakshe's accusation that he was "mentally retarded", saying that Rajapakshe lives in freedom since the "mentally retarded" person led the army to victory against the LTTE. When someone shot at Rajapakshe's house, it was the same "mentally retarded person who arrived at the scene before anyone else did, he added.