Second Victory Day anniversary:
A victory for the whole of Sri Lanka – President
*‘The country celebrates the victory of establishing the rights of every citizen by ensuring the Right to Life of thousands of civilians , who were held as hostages by terrorists’
*‘The country is not ready to heed to the demands of separatists or terrorists. No one can do anything in this country without the consent of our people’
*‘The best way to meet our future challenges is to strengthen national unity. The entire country celebrated the victory over terrorism without hurting the feelings of any community’
*‘Our responsibility is to preserve this bond between communities. The only way to secure the freedom of our land and this victory is to protect this great bond between communities’
*‘War heroes who shed their blood for this country, are today toiling for its development’
*‘We have been able to draw a new map of Sri Lanka through the development revolution’
*‘The Interim recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission have already been implemented’
Sandasen MARASINGHE
“Having wiped out the world’s most ruthless terror organization and having preserved the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, we are now in a position to proudly hoist the national flag. What we are commemorating today is the ability of the Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other communities to live in unity in our land and the occasion of freeing tens of thousands of Northern citizens who were held hostage by the LTTE terrorists,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.
“The only way to secure the hard earned victory over the terrorists by our valiant Security Forces two years ago and meet our future challenges, is to strengthen national unity in the country,” he said.
The President made these observations while addressing the nation at the Second Victory Day anniversary held at the Galle Face Green under his patronage to celebrate the annihilation of the most ruthless terrorist organization in the world, the LTTE,
and to pay respects to War Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in this operation to neutralize the LTTE.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that he emphasized to all political parties that it would be of no use to reopen the healing wounds and to keep on digging up the past, creating hatred and disharmony among the people.
The President also stated by now no single incident of communal disharmony is reported in this country. He added that the Sinhalese participate in the Vel processions and the Tamils in Jaffna in Sri Sambuddhatva Jayanthi celebrations with greatest enthusiasm. “The Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim people participated in sightseeing the Vesak decorations in Colombo without any discrimination,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated. He added that it was the responsibility of all to preserve the bond built up between the communities by themselves.
The President further stated that just by adding human rights to the constitution, those rights would not be guaranteed to the people.
“If someone robs the right to life, it is only by preventing it, that the right to life can be guaranteed. He added that the ceremony was celebrate the victory of ensuring the right to life of thousands of citizens in this country. This is the victory of freeing thousands of civilians in the North who were held hostage.
The President also stated that the War Heroes were not confined to barracks after the end of the humanitarian operation but utilized to build the nation from the foreign service to beautifying the Colombo City. “There is a truth we have to tell the world that is we haven’t established forces to invade nations but to rebuild the country with utmost commitment for the people”.
“We do not hesitate to ensure the democratic and human rights of the citizens living in north and east. But we will not heed to the demands of separatists or terrorists. When people in this country do not accept their demands, they look for ways to make us bow down using foreign influence,” President Rajapaksa said.
The President said that no one can do anything in this country without the consent of the people. “It is only we who can solve our own problems, and no one else, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa.“There is a truth we have to tell the world. We did not build the Armed Forces to invade countries.
What we have is an Armed Force committed to rebuild the country with utmost commitment to the people. Today we celebrate the victory ensuring the right of every citizen of the country to live in harmony. It is the victory of freeing thousands of civilians in the north, who were held hostage,” the President said.
He said that government was able to draw a new map of Sri Lanka through the development revolution taking place in the country. President Rajapaksa added that the North and East liberated by the Security Forces is fast becoming prosperous.
As we removed the ‘border village’ from the Sri Lankan map, we are now taking measures to delete ‘displaced and destitute’ from our vocabulary. Many thousand acres of land sowed with landmines are now being cultivated.
Thousands of displaced civilians were resettled with all the facilities, from shelter, bedding to mosquito coils. Likewise, reconstruction of North and East is a major development task in our history, he added.’With rays of freedom rising in the north and east, the rays of development are also dawning on people in those areas,’ the President said.The President added that the people in those areas should bear in mind that what we are rapidly rebuilding are the public properties destroyed by terrorists.When we rebuild the North and East destroyed by the terrorists, the world knows what the terrorists who are in abroad did. Since the country was united with the death of the last LTTE leader in Vellamulliwaikkal on May 19, these elements organized campaigns against the motherland again.
They did not cease raising funds for terrorism and many other illegal activities, the President added.’During the war they had heaps of money for purchasing weapons and ships. With that huge amount of money the terrorists continue to spread false rumors, conspire and spread false propaganda against Sri Lanka,’ the President said.
‘Even though terrorism has been eradicated from Sri Lanka, terrorists living in abroad continue to work to destroy our country. Those abroad, misusing the democratic freedom and their right to vote in the countries of their domicile, are influencing those countries against us in their campaign against us,” the President said.
A victory for the whole of Sri Lanka – President
*‘The country celebrates the victory of establishing the rights of every citizen by ensuring the Right to Life of thousands of civilians , who were held as hostages by terrorists’
*‘The country is not ready to heed to the demands of separatists or terrorists. No one can do anything in this country without the consent of our people’
*‘The best way to meet our future challenges is to strengthen national unity. The entire country celebrated the victory over terrorism without hurting the feelings of any community’
*‘Our responsibility is to preserve this bond between communities. The only way to secure the freedom of our land and this victory is to protect this great bond between communities’
*‘War heroes who shed their blood for this country, are today toiling for its development’
*‘We have been able to draw a new map of Sri Lanka through the development revolution’
*‘The Interim recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission have already been implemented’
Sandasen MARASINGHE
“Having wiped out the world’s most ruthless terror organization and having preserved the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, we are now in a position to proudly hoist the national flag. What we are commemorating today is the ability of the Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other communities to live in unity in our land and the occasion of freeing tens of thousands of Northern citizens who were held hostage by the LTTE terrorists,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.
“The only way to secure the hard earned victory over the terrorists by our valiant Security Forces two years ago and meet our future challenges, is to strengthen national unity in the country,” he said.
The President made these observations while addressing the nation at the Second Victory Day anniversary held at the Galle Face Green under his patronage to celebrate the annihilation of the most ruthless terrorist organization in the world, the LTTE,
and to pay respects to War Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in this operation to neutralize the LTTE.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that he emphasized to all political parties that it would be of no use to reopen the healing wounds and to keep on digging up the past, creating hatred and disharmony among the people.
The President also stated by now no single incident of communal disharmony is reported in this country. He added that the Sinhalese participate in the Vel processions and the Tamils in Jaffna in Sri Sambuddhatva Jayanthi celebrations with greatest enthusiasm. “The Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim people participated in sightseeing the Vesak decorations in Colombo without any discrimination,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated. He added that it was the responsibility of all to preserve the bond built up between the communities by themselves.
The President further stated that just by adding human rights to the constitution, those rights would not be guaranteed to the people.
“If someone robs the right to life, it is only by preventing it, that the right to life can be guaranteed. He added that the ceremony was celebrate the victory of ensuring the right to life of thousands of citizens in this country. This is the victory of freeing thousands of civilians in the North who were held hostage.
The President also stated that the War Heroes were not confined to barracks after the end of the humanitarian operation but utilized to build the nation from the foreign service to beautifying the Colombo City. “There is a truth we have to tell the world that is we haven’t established forces to invade nations but to rebuild the country with utmost commitment for the people”.
“We do not hesitate to ensure the democratic and human rights of the citizens living in north and east. But we will not heed to the demands of separatists or terrorists. When people in this country do not accept their demands, they look for ways to make us bow down using foreign influence,” President Rajapaksa said.
The President said that no one can do anything in this country without the consent of the people. “It is only we who can solve our own problems, and no one else, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa.“There is a truth we have to tell the world. We did not build the Armed Forces to invade countries.
What we have is an Armed Force committed to rebuild the country with utmost commitment to the people. Today we celebrate the victory ensuring the right of every citizen of the country to live in harmony. It is the victory of freeing thousands of civilians in the north, who were held hostage,” the President said.
He said that government was able to draw a new map of Sri Lanka through the development revolution taking place in the country. President Rajapaksa added that the North and East liberated by the Security Forces is fast becoming prosperous.
As we removed the ‘border village’ from the Sri Lankan map, we are now taking measures to delete ‘displaced and destitute’ from our vocabulary. Many thousand acres of land sowed with landmines are now being cultivated.
Thousands of displaced civilians were resettled with all the facilities, from shelter, bedding to mosquito coils. Likewise, reconstruction of North and East is a major development task in our history, he added.’With rays of freedom rising in the north and east, the rays of development are also dawning on people in those areas,’ the President said.The President added that the people in those areas should bear in mind that what we are rapidly rebuilding are the public properties destroyed by terrorists.When we rebuild the North and East destroyed by the terrorists, the world knows what the terrorists who are in abroad did. Since the country was united with the death of the last LTTE leader in Vellamulliwaikkal on May 19, these elements organized campaigns against the motherland again.
They did not cease raising funds for terrorism and many other illegal activities, the President added.’During the war they had heaps of money for purchasing weapons and ships. With that huge amount of money the terrorists continue to spread false rumors, conspire and spread false propaganda against Sri Lanka,’ the President said.
‘Even though terrorism has been eradicated from Sri Lanka, terrorists living in abroad continue to work to destroy our country. Those abroad, misusing the democratic freedom and their right to vote in the countries of their domicile, are influencing those countries against us in their campaign against us,” the President said.
what a great victory day celebration for all sri lankans.lets pay a glowing tribute to our war heroes!!!!!
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