President opens refurbished SLFP HQ building today

Suraj A Bandara

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) headquarters building renovated with modern facilities will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today.

An all night pirith chanting ceremony will also be held with the participation of President Rajapaksa to invoke blessings on the SLFP at the refurbished SLFP headquarters.

The opening of the renovated SLFP building will coincide with the 43rd anniversary of the first oath taking of President Rajapaksa as a young parliamentarian.

The SLFP, founded by S W R D Bandaranaike and D A Rajapaksa moved to a glorious era accomplishing its realities of serving the public. Today, the SLFP has become an unbeatable force by being the only single party claiming 128 seats out of 225 in Parliament. The Party has won the hearts of all ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, an SLFP press release said.

The release said with the appointment of President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the party chairman, the party and the country experienced a growing stability.

“The President led the Security Forces to end the 30-year-LTTE terrorism creating a peaceful and harmonious society,” the release added.

The country is heading towards mammoth development under the direction of the SLFP led by its chairman, President Rajapaksa, it added.

The Party was rejuvenated with the mobilisation of the Nilrella that recruited more than two million new members within two weeks on the direction of President Rajapaksa, SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena and National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa. The renovated building will create opportunities to the party to provide the political leadership by fulfilling the expectations of the country in line with the national development manifesto the ‘Mahinda Chianthana’ policy declaration, the release said.