President warns of power greedy politicians

President Maithripala Sirisena warned yesterday that some individuals are working according to their personal agendas to gain political power and they are not interested in strengthening the peace and reconciliation or in solving any issues of the country.

He further said that the people should recognize these people who only consider their political power without giving priority for the country. He made these remarks participating in the opening ceremony of the new technical building at the St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna as well as presenting appointment letters to Graduate Teachers, yesterday.

President Sirisena said that he has never violated the confidence placed by the people of this country on him on January 8, 2015, and did not change those principles too, and further the President emphasized that no matter how opposing political forces are emerging, he would not be ready to make any changes to those policies in the future.

President also requested all the political leaders to love the motherland to overcome the future challenges while solving issues of the country. The students of the St. Patrick’s College warmly welcomed the President when he arrived there. The President unveiled the plaque vested the newly built technical building with the students. Later, President Sirisena symbolically handed over appointment letters for ten Graduate Teachers marking the presentation of appointment letters for 197 Graduate Teachers in the Northern Province. Speaking further, the President said that it is vital to be given a good education for the people in the country to solve the issues of a country.  

He admitted that with the gradual growth of the educated population the problems of the country do decrease and it is one of the main   responsibilities of the governmental and non-governmental organizations to provide necessary knowledge to the people.

Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna Justin Bernard Gnanaprasagam, and other clergy, leader of the opposition R. Sampanthan, Chief Minister of the Northern province C.V. Wigneswaran, Members of Parliament Angajan Ramanahthan, Mawei Senadhiraja, as well as principal of the college Father Thirumahan, the staff members, parents and past pupils were present in this event.