Speech: Sri Lanka 64th Independence Day - President Rajapaksa - 04 Feb 2012

04 Feb 2012. Sri Lanka. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව. President Rajapaksa's Speech on Sri Lanka's 64th Independence Day. video link  Bright Sri Lanka flags dotted every inch of the country yesterday to celebrate the country's Independence, especially the three-year-freedom gained after defeating the world's most ruthless terrorists -- the LTTE. It was a day when the whole of Sri Lanka stood as one nation to make a promise to collectively march towards a common goal - a new nation.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, being the most committed leader in Lanka's recent history believed and proved that by defeating the LTTE was not impossible, requested the nation to value the freedom gained through many sacrifices at the main function held in Anuradhapura to celebrate the 64th Independence Day. "You know freedom is an immense responsibility for us today. During the war previous governments could blame everything on the war and escape. However, the people who reached peace after war expected to march from inefficiency to efficiency, from unemployment to employment, from impurity to purity and from backwardness to modernity.

The people who then forgot everything else and demanded a bunker for the village and a rifle to defend lives, today expect not only electricity, water, housing, highways, higher education but also a law abiding, clean and a modern Sri Lanka. What you requested me when I visited Kebithigollawa some time ago is different from what you request me today.

Therefore, during the three years after gaining freedom from terrorism we have been able to use that freedom to give the Motherland immense value, much more than that given during the half century since independence in 1948. Today we have built the country to that status when we could draw the map of the Motherland more proudly than then.We have still a long way to go. We have to give the rural people who comprises 80% of our population the results of giant development work that we have initiated in the country.
Challenge

It is not only an expectation but also a challenge which we are ready to take up", he said reiterating the government's committment for reconciliation.

"The government is committed to implement the recommendation of the LLRC report, which was stated that all groups are equally responsible for the ethnic conflict in the country.

Anyone who believes in their conscience must take this into account. We presented the learnings of the committee report on December 17 and within these six weeks we have worked our utmost to ensure that the recommendations are implemented," he said."The implementation of the proposals of any extremist group won't be useful to the country. We want permanent and sustainable peace and we are committed to this vision. Any race or ethnic group does not belong to a different province or city.

The country belongs to all races and ethnicities alike," he said. In his message he said : "Our nation is fortunate to celebrate the 64th Independence Day with a genuine sense of dignity about freedom.

The way is open for an independent economy. It daily reinforces the nation's aspiration for a prosperous future.

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