SLFP at forefront of journey towards new Lanka - President
COLOMBO: Today we have given highest priority to internal democracy
in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and all high offices of the party are
open to all who work with dedication and sincerity, President Mahinda
Rajapaksa said in a message to mark the 17th Convention of the SLFP
which will be held tomorrow.
"New blood has seen infused into the party through the selection of
new leaders for Local Government institutions. With the pride of Eastern
victory in your heart set forth on the journey towards a new Sri Lanka,"
the President's message to SLFPers said.
The message: "The Sri Lanka Freedom Party and freedom are synonymous.
The freedom won in 1948 was made more meaningful by S.W.R.D.
Bandaranaike when he removed the British military camps at Katunayake
and Trincomalee.
That independence was made a reality by Sirimavo Bandaranaike with
the introduction of the Republican Constitution in 1972. Today, after
three decades we have taken a decisive step towards eliminating the
politics of terrorism and violence from this noble land.
There is no other country except Sri Lanka that had committed a
criminal act by acceding to a treaty, which confers a legitimate
territory to terrorism.
It is based on this myth of its own territory that the LTTE was able
to conduct worldwide propaganda about a state of Tamil Eelam. Today we
have exposed this myth through a Government led by our party.
Parallel to this operation we have to rebuild the historic fraternal
relations among the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim people that were destroyed
by sowing the poisonous seeds of racism. On this historic occasion I
would like to draw your attention to the fact a basic obligation of our
party at this moment is to rebuild that fraternity."
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