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“Certain
powers
who
killed
all
young
men
above 18
years
following
the
great
rebellion
in Uva
Wellassa
in Sri
Lanka
are
ridiculously
trying
to teach
us human
rights
today.
They are
targeting
Sri
Lanka
for
alleged
violations
of human
rights
today to
cover up
their
own sins
in these
massacres
of the
past",
said
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
yesterday,
July 20.
He said
so
addressing
a
meeting
of
disabled
people
at
Pelawatte
Sugar
Plantation
premises
in the
ancient
Wellassa
area
where
the
great
rebellion
of Sri
Lanka
against
British
colonial
rule
took
place in
1818.
"They
systematically
destroyed
a self
-sufficient
economy
by
destroying
the
great
irrigation
works in
the
area.
This
area was
an
extremely
rich
area
that was
converted
into one
of
poverty,
he
added.
President
said
that
following
the 1818
Uva
Wellassa
rebellion
the
result
of
loving
one's
own
country
and
nation,
the
result
of
trying
to
emancipate
one's
own
people
from
foreign
yoke, we
inherited
a ruined
economy
of
destroyed
irrigation
works
and farm
lands.
He said
that
today,
to
protect
the same
country
which
was
rescued
by the
modern
heroes
of the
county's
armed
forces,
every
citizen
will
have to
put in a
certain
amount
of hard
work.
President
said his
government
would
reconstruct
the
great
irrigation
works
destroyed
by the
imperialists
by the
conspiracy
and
restore
them to
their
former
glory.
He
promised
to
regenerate
the
economy
destroyed
by the
conspiracy
to one
of
prosperity
soon.
He
said he
would
see to
small
local
bodies,
Provincial
Councils
and the
Central
Government
work
smoothly
and
harmoniously
like
wheels
of a
great
and
efficient
machine
to
uplift
the
country
to a
higher
standard
of
living
for the
people.
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