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The former general of the Sri Lankan army who oversaw the military during the final stages of the armed conflict, unveiled a portrait of himself yesterday at the army headquarters in Colombo on Wednesday.
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Marking seven years since the end of the armed conflict, Mr Fonseka, who has since been appointed as a minister under the current government, was awarded a red carpet military welcome at the Colombo headquarters.
Mr Fonseka, who also became Sri Lanka’s first and only five-star general under the current government, went on to unveil his own a portrait – reported “as a symbolic gesture of eternal memory” by the army’s official website.
The ceremony took place as Tamils across the North-East marked May 18 as a day of mourning, remembering the tens of thousands of Tamils who were massacred during the final stages of the fighting.
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