Double celebrations - Premier

We are celebrating our National Independence Day this year while also celebrating the victories of our valiant Armed Forces who are fighting to free our country of a band of terrorists holed up in the North, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka said.

“They are fighting to bring peace to all our people,” the Prime Minister said in a message to mark Sri Lanka’s Independence Day.

The message: “While they are fighting and also dying, in this noble cause, there are others as there have been throughout the history of our country, who are engaged in conspiracies, betrayals and acts of treason.

As a Government, we strive to fulfil the national need at several fronts with the support of all patriotic people. We are on the right path.

We are pledged to create a better world for all our people. We pay tribute not only to all patriots who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of this land in the past but also to those who are doing so now.

For freedom to be fully savoured let there be peace. And there will be peace, soon.”