Sri Lankan government Minister, Wimal Weerawansa, has accused recently released former General Sarath Fonseka of betraying the county with recent statements made to the media, two day after he was released from jail.

The Minister, addressing the media in Colombo, was reported to have stated Fonseka was “betraying the country”, with the state-run Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation reporting Weerawansa as having said, “only the separatists will become happy about his statements”.

Weerawansa, who earlier called for a boycott of American products including Google and subsequently accused ‘Americans’ of attempting to assassinate him, was quoted as saying,

"Fonseka also said that he believed civilians were given weapons and put in the front lines by the LTTE and as a result the Army would not have been able to identify them from the terrorists."

"At the same time he has said that he rejected accusations that thousands of civilians had been killed in the final phase of the offensive."

These two statements are contradictory. As the ex-army commander he should not make these types of comments as they will help some Western countries, such as the USA, to work against Sri Lanka."

Furthermore, the Minister went on to state that credit for Fonseka’s pardon should be handed wholly to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, commenting,

"But some people try to get that credit for them. But the President or the government never tries to get that credit."