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President tells newly appointed LG heads :

Uphold peoples’ trust

‘Uphold people’s trust - work as a team to fulfill their wishes’, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the newly appointed heads of Local Government institutions won by the UPFA at the recent LG polls. The newly elected Mayors, Chair and Deputy Chairpersons of 45 local institutions were sworn-in before the President at Temple Trees yesterday morning.

The President told the new LG heads that the comprehensive victory by the UPFA at the recent polls was a clear mandate of confidence placed by the people in the Government.

“Since 2005 we have gone forward in every election and have never looked back. We should be humbled by the size of the repeated mandates given by the people and should respond, in full measure, to the trust placed in us,” the President added.

Thus he told the LG heads that they had a big responsibility on their shoulders and that they should live up to the trust placed in them by the people. “Shedding differences you should work as a team to develop the villages and supplement the overall development of the country,” he added.

While identifying local council members as the closest political link to grassroots, President Rajapaksa said that therefore their conduct and deeds had a direct bearing on the government and the President.

Thus he advised the LG heads to put the people’s needs before personal interest and added that their behaviour should be highly disciplined and exemplary.

On ‘manape’ battles within the party fold during polls, President Rajapaksa said that it was time to put a full stop to personal feuds and work as a team to fulfill people’s expectations and needs.

While observing that politicians should establish a closer rapport with the people, the President told LG heads that they should take the lead in this endeavour.

He also told them to work closely with Provincial Council heads when enacting development programmes in the villages. President Rajapaksa stressed that the government has placed great trust on local councils and said that it is why they have been provided unprecedented financial allocations in the recent past to develop the villages.

He told local heads to use them wisely and do their duty towards the people with 100 percent commitment.

UPFA General Secretary Minister Susil Premajayantha also spoke.

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne, leader of UPFA’s constituent parties, government ministers, chief ministers, governors, elected council members and their families were present.

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