To betray Motherland:
TU heads on foreign payroll
[December 13 2010]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that those who forgot their duties and responsibilities to their fellow beings and the country have resorted to a ploy to earn a fast buck by betraying their Motherland.
He added that certain Trade Unions have ignored what is expected of them by their fellow members and the country at large. He said these Trade Unions are paid to make false charges against their Motherland.
President Rajapaksa was speaking at the 11th national convention of the All Island Samurdhi Development and Agricultural Research Production Assistant Officers Society at Temple Trees yesterday.
President Rajapaksa added that these Trade Union leaders send letters to foreign countries requesting the suspension of GSP+.
The President added that these individuals are well paid to say that basic human rights are denied in Sri Lanka.
He added that Samurdhi Officers are entrusted with a responsibility to uplift the people who are living below the poverty line.
The President also commended the service of Samurdhi Officers to the Government and the country during the past 15 years.
He added that the villages and the people in rural areas are witnessing the rays of development with the end to 30 years of terrorism that engulfed the entire country.
President Rajapaksa stressed that the Samurdhi beneficiaries are dependent on subsidies.
"The Samurdhi Officers should remove the mentality of dependency and help them to build their own lives," he added.
He was of the opinion that Samurdhi Development and Agricultural Research Production Assistants should discharge their duties and responsibilities according to their conscious.
Agrarian Services Minister S M Chandrasena, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana also spoke
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