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"Not a single letter in this manifesto that betrays the nation" - Sri Lanka President
President Rajapaksa distributed the manifesto titled "Ratata Suba Anagathayak" (A Bright Future for the Country), to the Maha Sangha, other religious dignitaries, Ministers, political leaders, Sri Lanka's diplomats, and media.
Addressing the crowd amid thunderous applause the President said it is no secret today that the people on this sq km. 65,610 land live in pride and freedom. His government has taken great measures to protect that hard-earned freedom and he would not allow anyone to betray the nation, he said.
"There is not a single letter in this manifesto that betrays the nation," he said.
When he faced the election in 2005, the people were mentally subdued and the future was bleak as they were constantly told by the then rulers the war is unwinnable.
Today the map of the country is different, the roads are paved, jungles are cleared, there are five harbors around the country, and people live in peace, the President pointed out.
The World's most ruthless terrorist Tigers are finished but the forces that supported them are trying to resurrect the organization, he said.
"But I am certain that the people of this country would help us to defeat those forces on the 26th," the President said adding that any cross for the betel leaf is a cross to save the country from those forces.
President Rajapaksa said in his next term he hopes to develop the country to be the center of Asia.
"Don't forget that our youth defeated the most dangerous terrorist of the world and that youth can make this country the center of Asia," he told the crowd.
He said he only had four years and except for 8 months he had to face a war with the most dangerous terrorist outfit of the world and face the pressures from the international forces that supported them.
"But for the next six years, I only have one goal, to create a developed and efficient country devoid of corruption for our younger generation," the President stressed.
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Jan 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning released his policy statement manifesto at the BMICH ahead of his re-election bid on January 26th.