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Nat. language policy implementation to LG’s - Minister Vasudeva

Steps will be taken to empower all local government authorities to oversee the proper implementation of the national languages policy within their districts, National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said.

The minister said so while participating in a workshop on language usage and the execution of a national language policy for local government administration in Ratnapura.

The minister said Sri Lankans had to suffer immensely because of the lack of respect and recognition for each others’ language, religion or race in comparison to other developing countries.

He said that the President had put an end to the war and it was a collective responsibility and duty of all to ensure that this kind of a situation would not repeat.

The minister said that it was necessary to properly execute the language usage and national languages policy to ensure that all races receive equal respect and equal opportunity as a single Sri Lankan race within a unified country.

Nanayakkara said that any Sri Lankan should have the right to have his services carried out in one's respective mother tongue at any governmental office.

He explained that it is their responsibility, as public representatives to create a positive environment wherever there is a lack of facilities and a suitable environment.