Vested interest trying to destabilise country - Gammanpila

Rasika Somarathna

Certain international elements with vested interests in association with their local partners are resorting to various tactics, to destabilise the country and stall its rapid development. Their latest target is the country's judiciary, Western Provincial Council Minister Udaya Gammanpila said. "They earlier tried to tarnish the country's image using bogus Human Rights violation allegations and then tried to divide the military. Their latest tactic is to divide the judiciary," he said.

He said whatever force these elements muster, they will not be able to fool the people and fulfill their ulterior motives.

"They will not be able to reverse what the country has gained since the end of conflict and its march towards development and prosperity" Gammanpila said.

He said people were well aware of these attempts and had shown that whatever falsehoods these people utter, they will never abandon the leader who saved the country from terrorism and who leads it on the path of peace, unity and prosperity.

The Provincial Council minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of the new Minuwangoda Provincial Council office under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Udugampola yesterday.