President, commanders felicitated
Special mementos to President, service chiefs :
Chaminda Perera in Mahiyanganaya
The Maha Sangha and the people in the Uva Province on Saturday
felicitated President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa and Tri Forces Commanders who liberated the country from the
scourge of terrorism at the historical Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya.
The Maha Sangha and the people in their thousands flocked to the
Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya premises to salute the great warriors of
the nation who crushed the LTTE terrorists, who killed thousands of
innocent civilians for over 30 years.
Maha Nayake of the Asgiriya Chapter Most Ven Udugama Buddharakhitha
Thera presented special mementos to the President in recognition of his
invaluable service to the country of eradicating terrorism which had
stifled the country’s development for more than 30 years.
The Maha Nayake thera also presented mementos to the Defence
Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Former Chief of Defence Staff Air Vice
Marshal Donald Perera, former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka,
Former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Air Force Chief Air
Chief Marshal Roshan Gunathilake, Inspector General of Police Jayantha
Wickremaratne and Civil Defence Force Chief Rear Admiral Sarath
Weerasekera.
Anu Nayake of the Siyam Maha Nikayaka Most Ven Galagama Attadassi
Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Kirivehera Rajamaha Viharaya Dr. Aluthwewa
Soratha Thera, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, Agriculture and
Agrarian Services Development Minister Maithreepala Sirisena and
Education Minister Susil Premajayanth were also present. |