People in North smile today with expectation of reconciliation & coexistence – President
“Though the previous government delivered goods of high costs among the people in the North, there was no smile on their faces. But today when I go to North they welcome me with happiness and love in appreciation of the efforts of the government to build the reconciliation and coexistence by recognizing the rhythm of their hearts”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.
The President made these remarks at the program ‘Sahithya Kalaa Rasa Vindada (Enjoying of Literature and Art)’ held yesterday (March 16) at the BMICH.
This program has been organized as a national event to enhance the ability to enjoy the literature and art to help build the unity among communities. This was held parallel to the launch of the book ‘Adara Nil Menika Mihira Gee Kavi Saraniya’ of the senior journalist Lakshman Piyasena.
Speaking further he said the message of the reconciliation should be conveyed to the South rather than taking it to the North. “It is the responsibility of the people in the South to understand the reconciliation process to solve the problems of the people in the North and contribute its implementation.
He stated that more responsibilities should be fulfilled by the literates, artists and journalists to strengthen the reconciliation process in this country.
“Building of the reconciliation in the country cannot be done only by the politicians. Religious leaders, artists, scholars and intellectuals should undertake that responsibility for a better future of the nation”, he said.
“To make this country a place where the people are living happily, the words ‘good governance’ and ‘reconciliation’ should become a reality. Though these words are laughed at and humiliated, the future of this country depends on the theoretical implementation of the good governance and the reconciliation”, the President further stated.
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilaka and the Deputy Minister Karunarathne Paranavithana were among those participated in this occasion.
(President’s Media)
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Really? What to their elected representatives in the parliament say? What do those elected representatives tell to the world? Are you still in your dreamland?
Sure they will be happy.
Soon they will build statue to pray too.
Such a great person.
Well, there were Muslims and Sinhalese ethnic groups lived in the North before and they were chased away by LTTE. What about them? They also needed to be resettled and their lands and livelihoods destroyed by LTTE’s ethnic clenching has to be restored.
All the Singhala and Muslim people, ex-residents of the North and East, have been re-settled in Yaalpaanam. That was first priority of the Rajapaksa Government. They also have been given cultivable acres in abandoned lands. They are given best protection by the army.
The Muslims have multiplied many times when they were in “exile” in southern Sri Lanka. That’s the reason for being given land in the sanctuaries.
Recently, I attended the wedding of a Sinhala youth, ex-soldier, who is settled in Yaalpaanam whose father was a dhoby prior to LTT ethnic cleansing.
He married an ex-LTT woman “Black Tiger” rehabilitated by the Rajapaksa Govt. It was indeed, a joyous occasion to witness ethnic reconciliation through voluntary mixed marriage.
Sirisena please give up. You don’t have any idea of what you are doing. You just think of some thing and say it without giving any thoughts. Like Loral and Hardi you and your priminister Ranil make this country the laughing stock of the world.
Peaceful co existence did not achieve much and it took a few decades before petroiska came about and then the collapse of the Soviet System.
Reconciliation and Truth commissions came about to protect the whites in Sout Africa.
Sirisena could do with petroiska however not so much with reconciliation for there is little to reconcile. Sirisena uses this to polarize the communities. If Sirisena means business, serious business then he should improve the living conditions of the the sinhalese tamils and muslims. further he in doing so he need not look back for appreciation.
Where does Sirisena stand when his partner claims that he weill go through what he wants regardles what others think …Ha Ha