President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed he will never commit treachery against the Security Forces and that he is ready to face any accusation on behalf of the security forces.

The President was addressing representatives of Trade Unions yesterday (14) when he made these comments.

The President said the country could not have achieved victory over terrorism which claimed thousands of innocent lives without the security forces and the Government protested actions by certain quarters of the country to disgrace them, reported Daily News.

“The forthcoming Presidential Election is a contention between the grateful and the ungrateful,” he said.

The Government fulfilled the pledge given to the people through the Mahinda Chintana by eradicating terrorism and created an atmosphere in which people of all communities could live in peace with dignity, he said.

He said the Government came forward to safeguard the Security Forces and their reputation when the international community and the Opposition were engaged in the dirty game of leveling baseless charges at them, reported Daily News.