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Masses supporting us - President

Despite the misleading and unfounded propaganda to the contrary, by certain reactionary and unpatriotic forces, we ought to make the international community aware that the masses of this land are fully supportive of the Government’s stance in eradicating terrorism from our land, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

“The masses of this country wanted me to unite a fast fragmenting country. If our decisive actions were delayed any further, in this watershed moment in our history and the trend continued, the LTTE would have expanded from Kilinochchi, upto Negombo and the Yala sanctuary, as per their conceptual map,” he added.

“Cast your precious franchise to the ‘Betel leaf’ and display your fullest support and solidarity to the Government in their effort to wipe out terrorism from our Motherland,” President Rajapaksa urged when he addressed a ceremony to grant SLFP party membership to over 4,000 former UNPers from the Kalutara District at Temple Trees yesterday.

He said that in addition to crushing terrorism, his Government had confronted many a crisis such as the oil and food, and had emerged victorious from them all.

They had to re-build the country at an exorbitant cost. While fighting the war successfully, his Government never abandoned or retarded the mega development work envisaged in the broad based Mahinda Chintana. Projects such as the Norochcholai, Kerawalapitiya, Kotmale among others are underway successfully now.

The provision of the fertilizer subsidy to the farmers, is ongoing, despite a colossal loss to the Government. The Government service has not been pruned, but expanded exponentially within the last three years.

The cost of living has now dropped to a record 5.3 from 28.2 percent. Some of the Mahinda Chintana concepts such as ‘Home Gardening’ has also been accepted and practised in the USA, by the Obama family as well. Without being restricted only to the Western Province, development must spread to the remotest village.

“The fullest support and the cooperation of our people are our only strength and our inspiration. I am a ‘down to earth’ man.

If not for the security precautions, I would have visited your own homes and be in your company. I have walked down Galle Road up to Kataragama, for 18 days,” he said. President Rajapaksa welcoming the new members, told them that they would be treated equal as members of one family.

They could now stick with them for ever and work for the party and the country.

SLFP General Secretary Minister Maithripala Sirisena said within the last three years, the policies of Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike had been best implemented, to uplift the down-trodden masses.

Minister and Kalutara District Parliamentarian Mahinda Samarasinghe who had been instrumental in getting the new membership to the fold, claimed that he would never regret in his decision to join and support President Rajapaksa who has assured a sustainable peace and an environment where all communities could co-exist in peace and harmony.

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