Lord Naseby congratulates President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

• Expresses hope Western world will ignore howls of protest from LTTE-influenced diaspora but treat all communities fairly 

Lord Naseby PC, President of the All Party British Sri Lanka Parliamentary Group, has extended his congratulations to the newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Following is the full statement.

“I wish to congratulate Sri Lanka on successfully holding a nationwide election in peace with a high turnout of voters for the new Executive President. I am delighted that Gotabaya Rajapaksa was successful. No one should forget that it was his leadership that saved Sri Lanka from the onslaught of Terrorism by the Tamil Tigers. “Indeed he was in effect Sri Lanka’s Churchill by providing leadership and inspiration to the whole nation of Sri Lanka. The new President now has the opportunity to re-establish Sri Lanka as a dynamic creative economy with his proven leadership. “I wish him all possible success. I hope the Western world will ignore the howls of protest from the LTTE-influenced diaspora. The new President needs time to sort put the difficult economic landscape left by the former Government, made even more difficult by the Easter bombings. I know Gotabaya to be a man who will act fairly and try very hard to look after all the minorities particularly the Muslims and Tamils.

“This election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa is potentially a ground-breaking moment for all Sri Lankans.

I wish him all possible success. I shall do my very best to help him, his team and Sri Lanka as a country.”