‘I will not allow anyone to divide the country’: Maithri

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President Maithripala Sirisena said he would not allow anyone to divide the country which was united by the valiant war heroes shedding their blood.

“If our war heroes wouldn’t have given their utmost commitment, knowledge, intelligence and experience for the country, we wouldn’t have secured the unity of the country,” he added.

He emphasised the current Government never under-estimated the utmost commitment done by the valiant war heroes for the motherland.

The President made these remarks at the ceremony held in the Auditorium of Defence College in Colombo to hand over the keys of the houses of the second housing scheme, constructed for the war heroes in Kandy District, under the ‘Api Venuven Api’ Ranaviru Housing Scheme. He was welcomed by the Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi.

President Sirisena stated that the current Government would implement a special program for the welfare of members of the Security Forces.

He presented house keys to a few war heroes who were receiving houses, symbolising the handing over of 90 houses built for them. Letters related to 10 houses constructed under the semi housing scheme were also handed over at this occasion.

Minister Faizer Mustapha, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunathilaka, Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Inspector-General of Police N.K. Illangakoon and senior defence officials also participated in the event.