Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, following the victory of his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential election, said it is their duty to avoid inconveniencing anyone under their rule.
"The people have voted decisively in our favour at this election because of disaffection with the government over the past five years," the former President said.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa secured more than 52 percent of the total votes, representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by his brother Mahinda, in the race for presidency.
The SLPP leader in his statement said a special programme would be launched to deliver justice to those who had been harassed under the current government.
He pointed out that the time has arrived to end the "dangerous game"of promoting religious and ethnic chauvinism for political purpose.
Rajapaksa said his faction would study the 19th constitutional ammendment and plan out their "immediate programme of action" after Gotabaya takes oaths tomorrow.
"We now have an opportunity to give a sense of direction to this country which has been drifting rudderless for five years" the statement read.
The opposition leader said the new President willl "rebuild the economy bottom upwards" and intrdoduce constitutional and legal reforms to achieve this objective,
Further, the SLPP said it would inform the public of the future developments which will take place in the coming dats.
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