PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA SAYS THE VOTERS OF BADULLA SHOULD SHOW THE WORLD THAT THEY ENDORSE ELIMINATION OF TERRORISM
Posted on July 24th, 2009

By Walter Jayawardhana

Rajapaksa addressing Badulla UNPPhotos by Sudath Silva

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in Kandy addressing four thousand former opposition UNP members and leaders from Badulla District, who are voting in a Provincial Council election on August 8 that the voters should show the world in an unwavering and determined manner that they endorse the policies of this government in eliminating terrorism from the country.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The former opposition members applied to become members of the governing coalition led by President Rajapaksa and travelled from Badulla to Kandy where the President was staying in his official residence to hand over party membership applications..

Rajapaksa was listened by 4000 UNP BadullaPhotos by Sudath Silva

For the prosperity of the country , the President said, the voters should endorse not only the elimination of the separatist terrorists but also the rapid development the government has undertaken to uplift the war ravaged Northern and Eastern Provinces which witnessed nothing but bloodshed and ruin for nearly three decades.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-This country was saved by altruistic soldiers who did not for a moment worried about them but about the motherland,ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ President Rajapaksa said. This a golden opportunity for the voters to show their appreciation, the President added.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Rajapaksa said he hoped the voters would take the correct verdict and show the enemies of the nation that the people are with the government

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The President said while conducting an expensive war , the government did not cut down welfare benefits of the poor people or give up the ambitious development programs.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Addressing his own party members the President said that when they elected him at the last presidential elections the voters wanted him to put a stop to the process of division of the country which was taking place slowly. The President said he fulfilled the promise and created a country where all people could live without fear

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