Parliament, the path to a solution - President
‘Collective solution should be arrived at through
a process of consultation’:
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that
the solution to the issues faced by our communities resides in
Parliament, where all relevant parties must parley together and
arrive at a consensual remedy, since the problem is of a national
nature. “This is not my personal problem, it is a problem faced by
the country. Therefore a collective solution should be arrived at
through a process of consultation, involving all relevant parties.
In fact, these parties are duty-bound to help out in this effort,”
the President explained during his monthly breakfast meeting with
newspaper Editors and senior personnel of media organisations.
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‘No room for petty politics’
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday emphasized
that he will not allow petty minded politicians to benefit by
harping on the ethnic issue. “Petty politics shattered the harmony
and peace which existed 30 years ago, among all communities be it
from North or South. Now with terrorism being a thing of the past,
those bonds, once wounded are getting stronger again”’
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Continuity of policy essential to reap maximum benefits - GL
A series of meetings in support of the UPFA
candidates contesting the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council elections
were addressed by External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris over
the weekend in the Ratnapura district. In Eheliyagoda he addressed a
meeting attended by Minister Pavithra Wanniaratchi and Provincial
Councillor Kanchane Jayaratna. In Ratnapura, with Minister John
Seneviratne, he spoke to graduates. He addressed the Kalawana Bala
Mandaleya with Janaka Wakkumbura, MP.
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Rally round the UPFA - Former CM
Former chief minister Maheepala Herath
addressing the inaugural election campaign in the Rambukkana
electorate said no other leader in the country was capable of
putting an end to the ferocious LTTE war. It was President Mahinda
Rajapaksa who did it successfully. The international community is up
in arms against Sri Lanka because LTTE terrorism was brought to an
end.
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