President says new government within five months
Sri Lankans would have the opportunity to appoint a new government within five months and they should ensure that a government of humane, patriotic and clean politicians would be elected, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday at Nuwara Eliya.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark the opening of the Nuwara Eliya new hospital, he said that the only way that Sri Lanka could realise its potential was to elect a clean government. “The economy has collapsed. The only way out it to elect a government comprising clean politicians. The responsibility for electing clean leaders lies with the voters.”
The President said that clean and patriotic politicians would attempt to identify the problems faced by the people and try to solve them. “If the public sector workers numbering 1.6 million do their work properly, developing the country will not be a problem.”
“Drugs destroy a country. This is a menace and it’s difficult to get things done because a lot of politicians only think about their own political agendas.”
The new Nuwara Eliya hospital with 600 beds and was built at the cost of Rs. 7 billion.
The President also said that a lot of steps had been taken to uplift the living standards of the estate sector workers during the last four years.
(Source: The Island)
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Dear Hon President. Please give us an opportunity to vote and we will take care of that. UNP/JVP will be gone after 5 months.
What options are available to the voting population if it has serious concerns over the mental health of an elected leader?
in five months he will not be in that seat to determine the government…… what a joke
The UNP has the remedy with a large majority in Parliament and with amendment 20 gazetted on 9th July 2018 but it is not understood the reason the UNP is not doing so immediately