In a live facebook chat with BBC Sinhala Service during a visit to Britain, he said the Army would support investigations into certain accusations of crime.
Senanayake said his stand was that the Army did not commit war crimes during the humanitarian operation, but said there should be no fear to investigate any accusation.
He said the Army was prepared to support any such investigation, as it did not want to cover up any such incident.
The Army chief said the country’s leadership, not him, should take the decision for an investigation, but insisted that no foreign mediation would be required, as Sri Lanka had the legal provisions to do so.
Senanayake said there was a question as to whether continuing to call the soldiers as ‘war heroes’ after winning the war against the Tamil Tigers in 2009 was valid.
He said it was a blemish on the Army, Navy and the Air Force to use the term, since those standing on the roads, not the real heroes, were being called war heroes.
He said he himself felt sorry and was sorry for the people too, on that account.
When questioned about a claim by ‘Ravaya’ newspaper that the Army was not supporting investigations into the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, he said there was a practical question if the files on an incident that occurred in 2010 could still be there.
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