Sri Lanka's new Army Chief vows to re-focus military

(Lanka-e-News 15.July.2009 8.15PM) Sri Lanka's new army chief took up his post Wednesday vowing to "re-motivate" his 200,000-strong force and build a peacetime military following the crushing of Tamil Tiger rebels. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, 50, said his first priority would be the military's new role in supporting a massive reconstruction effort in areas once held by Tiger separatists. "We have to transform them from fighting to other things," he said at the tightly guarded army headquarters here. "We have to re-motivate them." Source by: Lankaenews