Tamil business community hail President’s leadership
Leaders and representatives of the Tamil business community from
Colombo and several regions of Sri Lanka hailed the leadership given by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in achieving peace in the country and
unifying a divided nation.
Hindu religious leaders and prominent and influential leaders and
representatives of the large Tamil business community in Sri Lanka were
highly appreciative of the President’s recent announcement that there
will not be any minority community in Sri Lanka, and that all Sri
Lankans will be citizens in a single country with equal rights and
status.
More than 800 representative of the Tamil business community
felicitated the President at Temple Trees last evening, for the
restoration of peace in the country, the new hope given to the Tamil
people of being treated as equals and for being the only national leader
since independence to disavow the division of the nation into majority
and minority communities.
They pledged to support the President and the Government and said
they were ready to support the President in achieving the new
development goals for the country, and in the Government’s plans to
carry out urgent reconstruction and restoration work in the North, to
resettle the people displaced due to the war and to liberate the country
and people from terrorism.
Addressing the gathering in the Tamil language, President Rajapaksa
said Tamil business persons should come forward to help the innocent
Tamil people who had been freed from terrorism, just as the Sinhalese
were today helping the displaced Tamil people in the welfare villages.
“There can be no differences on community basis in the country from
now on. I consider it both my duty and responsibility to protect the
Tamil people,” the President said, adding that everyone should be able
to live without fear and mistrust, with equal rights, and that everyone
should join to rebuild a beautiful land. |