SLFP’s 60th anniversary commemoration: SLFP’s strength, country’s strength -President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that as long as the people flock around the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) no force can defeat the country.
He made this observation at the 60th anniversary of the SLFP at Temple Trees held under the theme Minisun Samaga 60 Wasarak (60 years with the people).
President Rajapaksa also stated that the SLFP has identified the real needs and heart throb of the common people and they will remain with the SLFP, and as long as they remain with the SLFP, no one could defeat Sri Lanka.
President Rajapaksa said that during the last six decades, governments under the SLFP had rendered an immense service to the people at very crucial occasions, one being introducing the Paddy Lands Act in 1956.
He added that a government under SLFP, nationalized the import and distribution of the trade in petroleum products while complete independence was restored from British rule in 1972.
He added that the government under the same party brought about genuine freedom by eradicating the most ruthless terrorist organization in 2009.
President Rajapaksa also said that the SLFP has taught many lessons to the world by practice. He said one is that terrorism could be defeated and another is the middle path in politics.
He added that under the Mahinda Chintanaya vision we could remain undisturbed during the global economic recess.
The President also said that although the SLFP is the party of the ordinary people, it is not confined to the village, to a race, a religion or creed but common to all.
He said the SLFP as a party has to play a pivotal role to create the attitude among the communities that there is no differences such as minority or majority, Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim, Malay etc but there’s only one nation. He added that SLFP has to work equally in South, North, East and West to achieve this end.
He added that though the SLFP has come a long way during this 60 long years, the SLFP has to foresee for another 60 years to serve this country.
The President also said that the SLFP can learn many lessons from its own history. He added whenever the SLFP united with the progressive groups and parties, the SLFP was successful while bringing victory to the other parties joining it. “Whenever the SLFP and those parties parted the SLFP lost along with the departed groups”. He also stated that the SLFP is an open party. “Anybody can emigrate and anybody can immigrate. But those who leave the party lost while those who joined won.” Sri Lanka Freedom Party General Secretary Minister Maithripala Sirisena also spoke.
Courtesy: Daily News
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The lofty ideals upheld by visionary pioneers of the SLFP are no longer appreciated.
When the party’s array of leaders include Mervyn Silva, Col Karuna and Kudu Duminda, one cannot expect much.
Julian what is your problem bro. I am sure all of these people serve a purpose in MR’s big picture. MR did end the war and brought better living conditions for us. Have you forgotten all the suffering we went through during the war already.
Who do you think can replace MR.? Is it the Puppett Ranil who dooes not know his head from his tail. Or do you suggest that fool Sarath Fonseks who does not know who won the war. One minute he is the hero who won the war for us and the next minute he had nothing to do with the last few days of the war so that he can point a finger at MR.How can a fool such as SF be our president when he does not understand our people in the first place. If he has a brain he would not have said that all the rotten stuff he said about the last few days of the war. He did not have the brain to think that he will upset the majority sri lankan people who were rejoicing the victory at the time. He will never be able to come back in to politics because he has proven to be a traitor to our country.
Well said Sisira. Some people have very very very narrow agenda and they have tunnel vision. They only see MR’s faults for everything.
Talking about Mervin Silva. We all agree that he is an ideot. However he earned 3rd highest votes in Colombo district in the last election? Doesn’t it tell something. The man is popular for what ever the talent he has. None of those who criticise him (including me) cannot achieve that. Can we?
Ranil would love to have him in his side to win the elections. As Sisira said, there is a purpose for everything. Just like we have a dog in our house and fed with the best dog-food we can give him. It doesn’t mean the dog has to be as intelligent and civilised as the rest of the family members. Politics is a complex thing and most of us cannot understand it specially if we have studies science, engineering etc where logic is the centre of the subject. Politics is different. It does not have to have logic and it is an art. When you paint a picture with red colour has it got any logic? No. And is red colour right or wrong? No. Politics is like that. Politics must be mostly judged from the end results rather than who did it and how, like how you judge a work of art.
What have those “clean talking” people done so far to our country compared to what MR has done? They should go to a mirror and ask the question from themselves.