Speaking at a function in Colombo, General Fonseka warned that many more troops are required to keep northern Sri Lanka free from terrorism.
General Fonseka was the chief guest at a a management faculty conference held in Colombo on Friday night.
Speaking at the event, the General said that the current number of troops in the army were only enough to maintain security in areas that were under government control in 2008.
In the past year, General Fonseka has totally crushed terrorism from Sri Lanka, much to the surprise of many Western and Indian “military experts” who always said terrorism could not be defeated.
Earlier, General Fonseka had disclosed plans to expand the army by 100, 000 more men and women.
Again, on Friday, the General said many more troops will be needed to keep entire northern region free from terrorism.
He noted that even though not many people live in Wanni, it is a large swath of land that offers ideal hiding place for terrorists.
Others at the conference noted that Sri Lanka's economy will not lose out by expanding the army, as many pseudo economists claim.
They said most money will be paid to troops as salary and will re-enter local economy. Since we are not fighting a full war, not much money will be wasted on buying weapons from other countries.
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