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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 04.35 GMT |
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I will not
allow anyone betray hard earned freedom -
President
Unprecedented
crowd at Ambalangoda |
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On
January
26, the
people
of this
country
will
tell the
world
they are
against
separatism.
I will
not
allow
anyone
to
betray
the hard
earned
freedom.
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
made
this
statement
yesterday
(Jan.12)
addressing
the UPFA
election
rally at
Ambalangoda
attended
by a
massive
crowd.
The
President
commented
that he
had
never
seen
such a
crowd in
any of
the
rallies
he
participated
in
Ambalangoda
earlier.
He said
that
amidst
many
difficulties
he won
the
battle
against
the LTTE.
“But I
cannot
say that
the
victory
was my
own.
Many
have
supported
the
victory,”
the
President
added.
He said
that
newspapers
revealed
that
there
were
agreements
signed
in the
presence
of
foreign
witnesses to merge
North
and East
provinces,
to
withdraw
camps in
those
areas,
to grant
self-rule
.
President
Rajapaksa
added
that the
people
of this
country
should
teach a
lesson
to those
who
attempt
to
betray
the
country
and its
unity.
He
questioned
the
democratic
credentials
of the
Opposition
who had
threatened
a senior
journalist
for
revealing
in the
newspaper
Lankadeepa
agreements
signed
between
the TNA
and the
NDF
candidate.
If this
is the
situation
before
the
election
how
worst
would it
be if
they
were
vested
with
power,
the
President
also
queried.
When the
people
handed
over the
country
to him
it was
divided.
There
was an
LTTE
controlled
area
with
LTTE
Police,
banks,
forces
and
lawyers.
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