Namal Rajapaksa, parliamentarian and son of accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa, has called on the Sri Lankan government to summon the Canadian High Commissioner to formally protest the unveiling of a Tamil Genocide Monument in Brampton, Canada, claiming it promotes a “false genocide narrative” and “distorts history.”
In a statement released on X, Rajapaksa accused the Canadian government of being “influenced by certain factions within the Tamil diaspora” and criticized the monument as a politically motivated act that “poses a serious threat to the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka.”
“It is concerning that Canada has inaugurated a Tamil Genocide Memorial when, under international law, no genocide has been proven or can be proven against the Sri Lankan military in its conflict with the LTTE terrorists,” he said. “The so-called Tamil genocide monument appears to be a politically driven move by the Canadian government, which has long been influenced by certain factions within the Tamil diaspora.”
Rajapaksa called on the Sri Lankan government to respond immediately. “The Sri Lankan government should immediately summon the Canadian High Commissioner to formally protest and urge Canada to support accurate historical narratives,” he said, adding that the government’s failure to act would be “a disservice to the armed forces, the country’s sovereignty, and its people.”
His statement comes days after thousands gathered at Chinguacousy Park in Brampton on 10 May for the unveiling of the Tamil Genocide Monument, a permanent structure dedicated to memorializing the Tamil victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Sri Lankan state.
