SLFP for independent economic policy - Minister

Disna Mudalige

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from its inception has upheld the policy that the country should follow an independent economic policy, said SLFP Deputy Secretary and Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa.

He was addressing a seminar organized by the Sri Lanka Independent Professionals Organization at the Mahaweli Centre yesterday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the SLFP.

The Minister said that the party has been working to build and protect the identity of the country. He said that the party has been following an intermediate path to capitalism and communism with more inclination towards leftist ideologies.

He observed that this middle path has made it easy for other political parties which are following various ideologies, to join the SLFP. The minister said that the SLFP throughout its 60 year history has upheld national values in its political journey making the party more popular among the public.

He said party has acted against the privatization of national assets.