'Opposition trying to seize power with Western forces'

Tennakoon Kulasekara

The Opposition which cannot come to power by the ballot is trying to seize power with the help of sinister Western forces by betraying the President and the country to them. The people have come forward to defeat all such conspiracies and protect the government and the hard won freedom, said Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena.

He was addressing a meeting after inaugurating the Dutuwewa rural electricity scheme in the Horowpathana electorate recently.

Minister Chandrasena said the government had allocated vast funds to develop the upper and lower Dutuwewa villages which suffered enormous devastation at the hands of LTTE terrorists.

Development of roads, tanks, irrigation networks and water and electricity supplies were now underway utilizing these funds. All these projects became a reality because the government led by the President created the necessary environment by defeating the terrorists who ruined the country.

He said certain Western forces which could not stomach the ignominious defeat suffered by terrorists at the hands of the Security Forces were trying to show the needs of dissention in order to create a situation similar to that existing in Middle East countries like Syria and Libya. But the masses come forward to support the government by defeating all such foreign conspiracies armed at undermining the country.

Provincial Council member Ranjith Samarakoon and several others also spoke.