Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has endorsed a verdict of the second military court martial sentencing the former army chief Sarath Fonseka for a 30 month jail term after finding him guilty for violating tender procedures in procurements for the army. The court martial recommended the sentence on September 17, but the President was away from the country attending the UN General Assembly in New York delaying the implementation of the sentence. The President’s office confirmed the news. Sources in the military said that Mr. Fonseka would now be transferred from the Navy headquarters to the Welikada prisons to serve the jail term. Mr. Fonseka’s lawyers said they were awaiting the confirmation of the sentence to file papers in the court of appeal. The former Army Commander chief was accused for favouring his son in law Danuna Tilakaratne who had tendered through his company Hicorp Pvt Ltd to supply items to the army. Last month, Fonseka was stripped of his rank and pension after another court found him guilty of indulging in politics while in uniform. Sarath Fonseka had led the Sri Lankan military to victory over Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year but later fell out with the government and unsuccessfully tried to unseat President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January Presidential polls.