Sans conflict today :

If three languages were official

K.G.D. de Silva Kamburupitiya group corr.

There wouldn't have been a war today in this country if the three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English were made official languages, said the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication Mahinda Wijesekera.

He said we should work according to the teachings of the Buddha and when all sections of the people are treated equally there wouldn't be conflicts and then there would be prosperity and peace in this country.

Wijesekera was speaking from the Chair at a meeting of representatives of the SLFP branch organisations in 101 Grama Seva Divisions of the Kamburupitiya, Thihagoda and Kirinda, Puhulwella Pradeshiya Sabha areas. The meeting was held at the Kamburupitiya Restaurant hall.

He said that a solution had to be found for the problems of the Tamil speaking people and for this, some sort of devolution of power was needed and this cannot be solved only by the bullet. At a time when the war is nearing end we should all support President Mahinda Rajapaksa to bring about peace and economic freedom for this country.

The Minister said we should be with a party that could work for the development of the village and also the country and it is useless to remain in a political party which had been defeated ten or fifteen times continuously. Many UNPers disgusted with the party had now joined hands with the Government.

Reggie Wellappili Leader of the Opposition of the Kamburupitiya PS said that he had been in the UNP for nearly 15 years but he had not been able to get any work done for the welfare of the people.

The Chairman Kamburupitiya PS Chandana Siribaddana, Nimal Yapa, former PS Member Duminda Puspakumara, PS Member Gamini Mallikarachchi and PS Member C. Jayasinghe also spoke.