Uncouth elements targetting SLPP on social media – MR

Former President and Leader of the SLPP Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that a Commission of Inquiry should be appointed to inquire into the damage caused to the SLPP members during the Aragalaya period.

He said that youths who have never heard of the war or terrorism that the country had undergone are being integrated into society and some elements are trying to take them for a ride to achieve their petty political objectives.

The former President recollected how these groups slang mud at him when he took over the country in 2005. “No leader in the country succeeded in eliminating terrorism from the country. Some leaders of the country gave weapons to LTTE leader Prabhakaran to end the war,” he said.

“We were targeted by the social media when the SLPP convention was round the corner. But you all have given a message to these uncouth elements targeting us using social media by participating in the convention,” the former President said. He was speaking at the second convention of the SLPP held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday. The former President added that some elements wanted to have a change in 2015 which resulted an economy with minus growth rate.

The country was engulfed by the Covid pandemic in this backdrop. Some leaders prepared suits to take up the reins of the country. But these leaders did not come forward when the country was in crisis.

Are you prepared to hand over the power to such leaders,” the former President queried.

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