Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organizer and Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said that it is a positive development that Sarath Fonseka has publicly said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is not a murderer.

Rajapaksa made these comments in response to questions raised by journalists regarding a recent statement made by Fonseka.

Commenting further, Namal Rajapaksa said that although Fonseka can be controversial, it was Mahinda Rajapaksa who, during the final stages of the war, made a public media statement calling on Velupillai Prabhakaran to lay down arms and surrender.

He saidthat calls for surrender to the military were not unusual in the context of war, but alleged that Fonseka had at differe...