President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday urged the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and all other parties to join the Government’s effort to develop the economy.
President Rajapaksa made this appeal when he addressed the colourful Wap Maghul Mahothsavaya- 2007 (Inauguration of the Ploughing Festival-2007) in traditional style amid a large gathering of the peasant community, in the paddy fields of the Balagollagama Viharagama at Nikaweratiya.
The President recalled that the JVP should re-join the fold as an expression of gratitude to thousands of youth who died for its cause in 1988-89.
He called on the every citizen of Sri Lanka to fully support and co-operate in the Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu (Let us Cultivate and Uplift the Nation) national campaign to conquer the economic war and achieve a self-sustained economy.
“We fervently appeal to all party leaders including the JVP who helped us to come into power, to rally round the Government and lend their fullest assistance in this national campaign to motivate domestic food production and build a self-reliant economy as envisioned in the Mahinda Chintanaya, the President said.
“You bestowed upon me the responsibility of fighting a war to eradicate terrorism. We are also confronting an economic battle to achieve a self-sufficient economy, and the Government has already initiated several formidable steps to win this battle too. More >>
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