President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized that there will be no place for racial politics or religious extremism in Sri Lanka.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka, the President said the recent President and Parliamentary Elections showed the strong unity among the various communities of the nation.
As such, the President vowed that there would be no room for communal-based politics in Sri Lanka again and that religious extremism would not be tolerated.
“We are a nation that has severely suffered at the hands of communal violence. This country has been bathed in blood and tears. Hatred has been allowed to grow among the people. However, it is the responsibility of the Parliament to prevent the establishment of a government based on such factors,” he said.
President Dissanayake stressed that the government will not allow the creation of a government using politics based on racism or extremism in the future.
SL Government Policy Statement – key points!
- An interim Standard Account Bill will be presented to the Parliament in December. The Budget 2025 will be presented in February next year.
- Through next year’s Budget, the government will increase the allowance of the Aswesuma Social Benefit Programme and salaries of the public sector employees.
- Through next year’s Budget, the government will provide allowances for purchasing school supplies.
- The IT Sector workforce will be increased to 200,000 aiming to increase IT-related exports to US$ 5 billion per year.
- The government expects to sign the third staff-level agreement on the External Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by this Friday (23 Nov).
- The President emphasized that there will be no place for racial politics or religious extremism in Sri Lanka again.
- The President said economic benefits should be fairly distributed among the people and market monopolies will be abolished.
- The President said an efficient public service will be created for the benefit of the people.
- The President warned that everyone, including politicians and executive officers, must act according to the laws.
- The President vowed that those guilty of corruption would be punished according to the law and the victims would receive justice.
- The President said a Task Force will be created to carry out the Clean Sri Lanka programme.
