President says new political programme will be introduced after May Day

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he will introduce a new political programme in the country after May Day considering the betterment of the country and its people.

He said that he believed those decisions will help to prevent the corrupt forces, who used the state powers and assets in an erroneous way, regaining the power in the country another time as well as it will help to protect the democracy and freedom of the public while taking the country forward without corruption and fraud.

He made these remarks addressing a public rally subsequently participating in a ceremony to vest the Medirigiriya Water Supply Project – Phase  I & II with the public, yesterday.

President emphasized that he will not allow any room in any occasion to  disappoint the expectation of the people who voted to bring this new government into power with the aim of creating a clean political culture and building a free country.

“Even though various criticisms were leveled against the government in an environment where the freedom of expression is secured, the government has implemented a strong strategy to uplift the living standard of the people while developing the economy of the country,” he added.

Today, the development process of Sri Lanka has received utmost international support, and for the first time in the history of the country the Head of State of Sri Lanka has been invited to attend the  G7 summit, the President said.

The President further said that a prominent business delegation from Germany, including it’s Economic Affairs minister will visit Sri Lanka in the next month to explore business opportunities in the country and said that the Government of Iran also has extended an invitation for him to visit there to find ways how Iran could assist for the development of Sri Lanka.

He also emphasized that he will not allow any room for anyone to make fraud and corruption by misusing the state assets and if such kind of complaints were received the law will impose against them without considering their status. President Maithripala Sirisena symbolically handed over water purification equipments to the public during the event.

Minister Rauff Hakeem, Chief Minister of the North Central Province, Peshala Jayarathna, Mr. Sydney Jayarathna, MP, Mr. Siripala Gamlath, MP and many other people’s representatives participated in this event.