Proud of defeating terror and making S. Asia safer - President

It is regretted that the very individuals and institutions that point their fingers at us for our defeat of terror seem to be unaware of the truth about our prolonged battle against terrorism, and the very nature of those terrorists. We are now being warned that the same terrorist groups are rapidly raising funds for their bloody cause. Many of those who fault us today are harbouring those who funded terror in our country, and still raise funds for this brutal cause.

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Offer clemency to Gandhi’s killers!

The execution of three persons convicted over the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi has been stayed for eight weeks by the Madras High Court. Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, currently at the Vellore Jail, were to be hanged on September 9, 2011. The bench, offering interim relief, had observed a 11 year delay in the delay of mercy petitions filed by the convicts to the President.

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Shyamlal Rajapaksa:

Efficient and tenacious prosecutor

At the general election in 1947, under the Soulbury Constitution, Hambantota was divided into two constituencies; Beliatta and Hambantota. D.A. won Beliatta by over 8,000 votes. Lakshman, George’s brother, won Hambantota.

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