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“Call for early presidential poll to know your opinion”
“The need of the hour is to defeat the Western powers and their stooges who are planning to divide our country into pieces,” stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the SLFP rally held at the Shalika Grounds in Kuliyapitiya on Wednesday.
President Rajapaksa in Kilinochchi yesterday. Pic by Gayan Anarasekera
Addressing his supporters, he declared that the large numbers gathered to listen to him was testimony to his impending victory. “You asked me to end the war and didn’t I deliver my promise? You (the people of Wayamba) were the happiest when we triumphed over terrorism. I recall with pleasure now, that it was the children of Wayamba who contributed the most to winning the war,” he said.
He said that graduates have been provided with employment, many teachers and nurses were given appointments and unemployment is now at a minimum.
“I called for an early presidential election because I wanted to know your opinion. We have a people-friendly scheme and a lot to do ahead of us. I have ahead of me the responsibility to nurture a morally sound youth; and to protect this country for future generations. There is a conspiracy to destabilise countries, as we saw happened in the Middle East. We will not allow that to happen here,” he said.