‘Gotabaya, the individual’ not important but the ideology people voted for is: President

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said that he, as an individual, was not important but the ideology the people voted for is, and charged that certain forces with sinister interests were aiming to destabilise development.

“I always maintain that the individual Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not important. What matters is the ideology and force that brought me here.

We should protect that ideology. The aim of the false propaganda now being carried out by the hostile forces is to defeat this ideology. What I do is fulfil the promises I made to the people,” the President said, addressing the 17th ‘Discussion with the Village’ program in Vavuniya.

He said that the Government was building a green economy on the ruins of a collapsed economy that he inherited when he assumed office, despite the difficulties he had to face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The President called on the people to find fault with him if he fails to provide solutions to the problems during his tenure.

“Groups that used to spread lies about white vans, crocodiles and sharks are now trying to propagate falsehoods and misconceptions with regard to the environment after their failure in the previous attempt,” the President said. He said that people should counter these organised local and foreign forces that circulate these falsehoods against him and his Government in order to protect the ideology of the people that brought him to power.

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