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The January 8 th revolution will not be reversed : Maithri bitterly castigates Rajapakse era at Matara

(Lanka-e-News -04.July.2015, 11.30PM) President Maithripala Sirisena , the chairman of the UPFA who did not officially repudiate the communique signed only by the UPFA secretary Susil Pramajayantha yesterday  which did not have  the signature of the president which stated , it was  agreed that nomination shall be granted to Mahinda Rajapakse , today made an announcement confirming that nomination will not be granted to Mahinda.The president made this unequivocal announcement when he attended a southren expressway  foundation stone laying ceremony at  Matara .

The president hitting out at the corrupt Rajapakse era said , during the last  regime , the highways constructed under the pretext of devleopment  are now serving as grazing grounds for cattle. This is because that development was done to amass illicit commissions, he lamented.

The president recalled how the foundation stone that was laid by Mangala Samaraweera in 1994 was uprooted by the Rajapakses only  for their own  self publicity in order to display their names , and throughout that era the Rajapkses did only that , he noted. The president also said , the Nelum pokuna Hall in Colombo that was initiated by a former president Chandrika Bandaranaike too was similarly given names of others later by the Rajapakses. He will not allow the successful silent revolution of  8 th January to be reversed , the president emphatically stated.

 ‘I am not one who entered politics suddenly . I have 49 years political experience .When decisions are taken by the party I will not allow those to militate against the January 8 th  revolution.I shall safeguard that. I shall estanlish a government of good governance which shall mete out justice and fairplay to all the people of the country , a  goverement of good governance sans family rule that will stamp out scoundrels , the corrupt and criminal ,’ the president exhorted. 

The president went on to praise prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the cabinet by saying because they are not corrupt , immense foreign aid is being received, alongside which development can be carried out.

This function was attended by foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera and  minister of finance Ravi Karunanayake.

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