Saving people from terrorism:

President sets example to world

Peace walk from South to North:

Nihal Jayawardena

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has set an example to the whole world by saving the people of his country from the clutches of a band of terrorists who resorted to violence, said the Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkhita Mahanayake Thera of the Asgiriya Chapter.

He said this when a group of 20 youth from Giruwapattuwa on a peace walk from the South to the North called on him at his official Aramaya to seek his blessings recently.

The peace walk on the theme Giruwapattuwen thal aranata - sahodarathwaye pa gamana is organised by Tharunyata Hetak chairman Namal Rajapaksa MP on the guidance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The prelate said the President is providing proper guidance to the country and its people after defeating terrorists who created problems to people of all communities on the basis that a democratically elected government is duty-bound to protect its people and cater to their welfare at all costs.

He said peace walk would go a long way to erase the wrong impressions harboured by the international community against Sri Lanka. The group of youth led by their organiser Ruwan Nishanta Silva and Secretary Janaka Karunaratne earlier visited the Sri Dalada Maligawa and paid homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic.

The peace walk which started from Carlton House, Tangalle on May 19 will take 28 days to complete a distance of 635 kilometres.