The plan is not only to save the next generation from terrorism but
to 10 generations to come- Gotabaya
(By Walter Jayawardhana)
Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa said under the
clear plans of the government this nation should not only be secured for
the next generation from devastating terrorism but for the next ten
generations to come so, that no similar harm could come upon the
country.
"My idea is not for the next generation but even for
the next ten generations something similar should not be allowed," the
determined Secretary of Defence said, referring to the devastating
insurgency of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, that maimed and
killed tens and thousands and ruined the economic prospects of the
nation through acts of insensate violence.
He was addressing during a very rare public appearance
of him at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH)
to declare open the website entitled www.udayagammanpila.com for Udaya
who is entering the provincial council politics as a candidate of the
Jathika Hela Urumaya.
Rajapaksa, the younger brother of the President and
the man believed to be behind the military success of the Sri Lankan
security forces said they won the war due to the clear unwavering and
straight military policy of the government regarding the elimination of
terrorism from the country.
He said today the LTTE is cornered in to an area
thought about to be about 35 square kilometres. But when you consider
the lagoon adjacent to the area, the land mass cannot be even bigger
than 20 square kilometres. When the security forces capture that the
whole island will be under the law and order of one government within a
matter of days, he said.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the determination of this
government had always been not to pass over the solution of the
burdening problem of terrorism to the next generation but to bring an
end to the sorry legacy during our own time. He said he thinks the
nation should be secured from such a devastating phenomenon not only
during the next generation but also for the next ten generations to
come. To achieve that mission leaders like Udaya Gammanpila are needed,
he said. (EOM)
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