President will bring economic prosperity - Deputy Minister

Estate Infrastructure Deputy Minister and Ceylon Workers' Congress President Muthu Sivalingam said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was able to end nearly thirty years of war that gripped the country. He would be the only leader who could find a political solution to the ethnic problem.

He recalled that during the years when the Ceasefire Agreement was in force no efforts had been made to find a political solution. Since the war was over people are relieved from fear psychosis.

While appreciating the efforts made by the Government to resettle more than one hundred and fifty thousand Internally Displaced Persons and the opening of A9 highway to the public, Muthu Sivalingam said that by these steps the free movement of people had been ensured. This was possible because of the political leadership given by the President, he said.

The Ceylon Workers' Congress leader said that under the guidance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa the century-old line rooms were being replaced by separate houses. He added that the Estate Infrastructure Ministry had been able to build more than 4,000 houses.

The continuity of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a second term was essential to the economic development of the country. Therefore, the CWC had decided to support Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential election, he said. M.P.M