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Secretary of the National People’s Power, Specialist Dr Nihal Abeysinghe

We are expanding the National People’s Power to become a massive people’s force. We elected the National Executive Council. This is just the beginning. This National Council will next intervene to establish District Councils. We are forming divisional councils of the National People’s Power to cover all the Pradeshiya Sabhas and Urban Councils in this country. These councils shall be made pools of loyal, honest and good people. We have full confidence in the people of this country. These people are the main resource we have, to build this country. Utilizing this human resource is the challenge facing any political group gaining governmental power. We believe that building this country will not be so difficult.

In 2019 and 2020 the people voted, putting their faith in Gotabaya Rajapaksa. But in a very short time, this faith is seriously drying up. The past year and eight months have been marked by a series of serious economic, social and political problems for all in this country. During the election, we, as the National People’s Power, tried to explain to the people of this country that this is going after a mirage. That people’s hopes would soon be dashed. Therefore, the people were told to join us at that time. But many did not listen to that request at that time. There were different people there. There were a large number of educated people doing a job or a business, who sincerely hoped to build this country. Some quit their jobs and became involved in politics. Scholars joined Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s team with high hopes. Many believed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a newcomer to politics, would intervene to rebuild the country by ending the old practices of corruption.

But many who went after it are now lost. Therefore, we have to turn the National People’s Power into a national movement that fulfils their aspirations. We give them hope. We need to win them over and give them the responsibility to change this country and be partners. We must build an honest and loyal mass leadership and give them the opportunity to join in the great work of building this country. All honest and non-corrupt people who love the country are invited. I invite the people living in every corner of this country to join the National People’s Power. You have no other way but the National People’s Power. This is not something that can be done only by those of us who are currently united as the National People’s Power. This is your country too. This is the country of all of us. This country should be saved for the sake of the children of this country. This country must be built. You need to create a good environment for your children to live in. We have to make many sacrifices. We invite you to contribute as much as you can.

NPP Executive Committee Member Prof Liyanage Amarakeerthi

I hope to speak on the topic of human security. At a time when we fear for our lives, when explosive gas is coming into our homes, when the children in our homes are climbing trees, roofs and mountains to study, at a time when the price of nutritious food is too high to purchase, what is human safety? It is very important to think. We at the National People’s Power pay special attention to that particular topic. The rulers of our country often talk about security. However, we see from the sufferings of the people day by day, that they are merely talking about the security of the government. We need to protect the people. We have embarked on the journey of building a country with human security and protection. There are several types of security in modern society. One is national security. It is important to protect our country from the intervention of foreign imperialist forces. It’s not just about building an army. It’s something to be gained through the wisdom of international relations. It is important for the security of the state. It is important to protect the state structure in which we live. It must evolve and adapt to serve human safety.

But in spite of all this, if there is no human security, that country cannot be called a developed country. It is useless if the people in our country are not happy. Human life shines best when there is security. What we, as the National People’s Power, plan to do is to create a country with food and education security, and healthy. An emotionally and physically secure country. Such a country is said to be a country with human security. In such a country, people have deep human values. In such a country, people are bound by human emotions. In such a country, people live with human dignity towards each other. People in such a country think deep, engage in creative imagination, enjoy meaningful art, live a meaningful and leisurely life, strive constantly to coexist with the environment and animal life. In such a country not only men but also women are safe. In such a country not only mothers but also daughters are safe. In such a country the child is safe. Not only the ethnic majority but also the minority groups are safe. In such a country not only one culture but all cultures are safe. All cultures are engaged in a dialogue with each other. This is the situation in a country where human security really exists. We believe that in a country with human security, everyone should have a relatively equal economic strength. We cannot import such a country. But we know that our country can be transformed into such a country. It must be a transformation that must be done with collective enthusiasm. That is why you are all here. That is why we hope to reach out to the people from next month.

Alone, we cannot build a country with human security. The people of the country have to come out of the darkness of the evil of the degenerate political parties and breathe new life. We are building the National People’s Power as a place where there is a new breath. We will sit around the table of brotherhood as equals and talk while we eat. We are bound to each other by the warm hands of brotherhood above the abyss of ideological divisions. The time for that has come. Only by the brotherhood of its people can a country that has fallen ill recover. This is the time for it. There is hope in the words I speak. Hope means the emergence of resistance from within us against an unbearable reality. No one can stop the transformation of this country one day when that hope rises in us, not individually but collectively. That is why we are building the National People’s Power.

We are in an economic crisis. Not only that, we as a country are in a severe spiritual crisis. The tragic manifestation of this spiritual crisis is the selfish feeling that we can prosper and succeed as individuals. The National People’s Power is a force that appeals to the goodness of all those with such individualistic attitudes. We are building the National People’s Power to unveil the hiding places of good thoughts in the hearts of the people who seek the good of this country. There is a local dimension to justice, fairness, economics and democracy. We have to win it locally. Only then can we create a country with human security, education, health and comfort. But in the 21st century, we see human security in our country as something that can be achieved with the blessings and brotherhood of progressive people in other parts of the world. We are ready to maintain relations with the world on the basis of justice and fairness. We are ready to maintain relationships in a way that does not destroy our pride.

Corruption exists in every country. Also, there is a public outcry against corruption in every country. Such people who demand justice in their own countries are our companions. So we call the world to help us. Join us in this transformation. We need a political movement that can tell the world that the money they pay for our peppercorns is going to the poor shacks in our villages and the children in those homes are going to school. That is what we are building. We need a political movement that can tell the world that the money they pay for our tea is going to our villages and protecting children from disease. We are confident that the National People’s Power will become that movement. We have people who can make computer chips just as small as pepper, not just tea and peppercorns. We need a government that can tell the world to help us build a better life for those people. That is the kind of administration we are developing.

We know that the political conscience of the world’s most powerful nations does not melt so easily. Nevertheless, there are progressive citizens all over the world who value justice and fairness. The rule of this country must be in the hands of globally-minded people who want to see many people in the world get out of poverty. We don’t have deals. We do not have commissions. We need an administration that can make a sincere request to help us build this country. If our collective conscience is dead, we cannot tell that story in a way that warms the conscience of global progressives. We are not people whose conscience is dead. If dreams of a better country, a better world are dead, we too are not intellectually or emotionally alive. The National People’s Power has emerged to address the spirit of brotherhood of honesty and justice that is still in your heart. We in the National People’s Power gather here even in this time of pandemic and we listen to the voice of the new world. There are various political movements and rulers who continue to imprison us in our individual dreams and tell us to take care of our own affairs. We cannot let them destroy this country. Let us come together to make this dream come true just as we are together in this convention today.

NPP Executive Committee Member Chathuranga Abeysinghe

For the past three years, I have been looking for an answer to a question. That is the question my daughter will ask me in another 10 years. She will ask me, father, I am well educated, but I do not have a job and I do not feel safe. For a good life, I need to go to another country, should I go? Since there is no answer to that question, I decided to leave my professional responsibilities for a little while and actively involved in politics. We are in an open economy. If social justice needs to be established within this circumstance, it is necessary to create equal opportunities, equal opportunities in education, equal opportunities in the economy. Otherwise, justice cannot be achieved.

In Sri Lanka, 8.6 M people are engaged in various occupations. However, many people have not been able to convert a job to a profession. 62% of the Sri Lankan jobs are unorganized. That means there is no ETF, EPF and no rights to work. Many people have not been able to have a profession that would bring a family income. 70% of the Sri Lankan families are relatively in poverty. They are not as capable as we are. Professional dignity is lost. The professional dignity of the public servant is lost.

And we know you are stuck if you are a small or medium-sized businessman. There is no one to provide you with capital or technology. There is no one to support your foreign trade. We are a poor country. Not everyone in our country has capital. Due to the lack of capital, if you start a small business, you will not be able to compete with big businesses. To be competitive, need to be obtained the state contribution. You could be an incorporated company; you could be an import or export company; you could be a re-exporting company, a value-adding company, but you are unsuccessful today. As professionals and entrepreneurs, it is necessary to understand even if we try to achieve personal goals, we cannot achieve that goal individually.

When the whole country collapses, when its own people collapse, we collapse as well. Within this system, we have a situation where we cannot solve our personal goals. How do we proceed from here? We need to come to the forefront of economic theories. The production capability curve needs to be developed. We must develop human capital, technology and productivity of natural resources. We have not done it. A country needs products and services that have relative advantages over it. We have that advantage in the garment industry and technology industry. We also have a relative advantage in agricultural crops. However, we have not been able to take them to the international level and capture our portion of the world economy. Also, there is an advantage for our country due to the location, an advantage in fisheries resources, an advantage in mineral resources. Today we are selling that absolute advantage to foreigners. That’s what our rulers have done. Their goal is not to improve the lives of our or your children; they spend billions and share three to four times of that money among their friends. We must make a political choice from what we have chosen so far. First, we must consider the candidates’ goals, whether it is a common goal or a personal goal. We need to see what their use is; we must see their lifestyles. We need to see whether they have sympathy. Also, there must be a team. We have experienced the devastation when a single person is appointed for power. It must be a collective effort. Must line up for one vision.

Data science is my subject field. This subject has the highest demand in the world. Data science provides the management, the knowledge they need to make decisions, to solve problems by using data. We can use data to solve problems in a country. It can forecast. But our leaders do not want to use them. Even though the world has achieved maximum industrial revolution, Sri Lanka has not even gone to a second industrial revolution. Productivity has not gone up. We exchanged our universal voting power with the corrupted business elite. We need to regain that power. We definitely need a team for that solution. That is the team that we are creating. We propose our youth community to take the lead from where you are.

NPP Executive Committee Member Dr Harini Amarasuriya

Today, the National People’s Power has reached a crucial and important juncture in its journey that began in 2019. As a result of our work, which we have done in the face of Covid obstacles, we were able to introduce our leadership and the Executive Council. The dialogue between us has come here through the formulation of a policy-making program. There are many people here today who have questioned us and criticized us. I know many more are joining us online too.

The National People’s Power is an organization that moves forward in a non-stop process through dialogue. The main reason for building the National People’s Power today is to put our country and our lives in a better, more beautiful and convenient place. We believe that we should have a culturally advanced human society that cares for each other instead of oppressing one another and nurturing instead of destroying nature. We have a plan, commitment, political leadership and practice to build such a world. We also know that there are many individuals and organizations like that. We have built a platform to bring all of them together.

The main reason why our country is where it is today is the destruction of the bonds, cooperation and solidarity that should exist between us. It did not happen automatically. It was destroyed. It was taught that there is no society. Society was presented with a selfish and competitive individualist. We were convinced that the crises we faced were normal or natural. Because of this, we were told that these conditions could not be changed. Or, the problems we face are said to be personal weaknesses. Therefore, they forced us to resolve the issues individually and kept us away from politics. In the democratic process, we were made mere spectators. Instead of hope and sympathy, hatred and indifference were created.

In the end, the rulers and their allies became rich and we became poor in every way. This needs to be changed. Collectivity and commonality do not mean the dissolution of individual liberties and identities. We can create a society that values ​​individuality and preserves individual freedom. But today, there is no balance between society and the individual. Values ​​and practices are telling us today, that there are personal goals and individual journeys. It has destroyed our bonds, relationships and our families as well as the common good. Interrelationships that every human being seeks are hidden underneath by it. Dedication to the common good, the desire to serve has been destroyed. As competitiveness, it requires a balance between human qualities. Loss of that balance has led individuals to seek solutions to problems. But today we face common and structural problems. Our education, health, transportation all have structural common problems. Therefore, a structural transformation is needed to change these conditions. It can be translated collectively, not individually. We are now rejecting the myths, attitudes and unscientific ideas that have trapped us.

The whole world is looking for a new path. A new path is open. Covid taught us some lessons about the transition from the crisis. The world is now pushing for that transformation. This morning we heard the good news that the new world was being built before us. According to the results of Chile’s presidential election, the former student leader Gabriel Warid has won and was elected as the president. I think it’s a great signal to all those who value leftism, progressiveness, and democracy. The National People’s Power was built on the belief that we can transform this world. Come on! Let’s work; Let’s take over the work; Let’s be committed; Let us unite to create a new world, a world more beautiful than today; Let’s build it.

NPP Executive Committee Member Attorney-at-Law Lal Wijenayake

We are at a critical juncture where our country has collapsed economically, socially and culturally in every direction. Leaders who ruled the country for seventy-three years since independence have dragged this country into a lamentable situation where it is above only Afghanistan in this region. The politics that led the country to such a situation should be defeated. What we should defeat is not just individuals but of course their politics. The position that the country has downgraded in terms of the economy need not be specially mentioned here as it is quite obvious to all. Likewise, our society too is collapsed. We have failed to unite all racial groups in the country and thereby to build one Sri Lankan identity. The nature of the politicians elected is quite clear when we look at the Parliament.

The level the country has collapsed is evident from the expectations that almost all the youth of this generation have on leaving the country. They are on the lookout for all possible ways to achieve this hope of leaving the country. Young people have lost faith in the country. They do not believe that there’s any future in this land and this is what it makes so tragic. Thus, this scenario led the JVP and the rest of the leftist parties to unite first and then establish the National People’s Power (NPP). We are holding this conference today to introduce an alternative political process and also to introduce an alternative work plan and an alternative leader. Further, we also work towards introducing a Leadership Council that shall consist of seventy-five members. We will also work towards spreading the word about NPP throughout the country and creating a discussion with people. If there’s any need to make any changes to such policies, there is room for any such change as well. Our anticipation is to make arrangements to establish a government, which is necessary to rebuild the once collapsed and broken nation. We will conduct conventions at the district level and we will also work towards rebuilding the shattered nation by striving hard to fulfil the expectations of the people. Therefore, we invite you all to unite and join hands with us for realizing the said purpose. National People’s Power is not restricted to several parties or groups. This will be established as a common platform for those who unite to rebuild the shattered motherland, by way of an alternative political programme. We, therefore, urge all people to unite and join us in this journey towards change.

– ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක.

ජාතික ජන බලවේගය වටා ජනතා වේගයෙන් ඒකරාශී වීම හමුවේ සතුරා කලබලයට පත්ව සිදුකරනු ලබන ප්‍රකාශයන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසි ලෙසකින්වත් කලබලයට පත් නොවන බව ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක පවසයි.

ජාතික ජනබලවේගයේ මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික් සමුළුව ඊයේ (05) මහනුවර හින්දු සංස්කෘතික ශාලාවේදී පැවති අතර එම සමුළුව අමතමින් අනුර දිසානායක මේ අදහස් පළකරනු ලැබීය. එම සමුළුවේදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රීක් නායකයා ලෙස ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩල සභික, ජාතික වෘත්තීය සමිති මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ සභාපති කේ.ඩී. ලාල්කාන්ත පත්කරනු ලැබීය. එසේම මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික් විධායක සභාව සඳහා ලාල් විජේනායක ප්‍රමුඛ නීතිඥයින්, මහාචාර්ය ලියනගේ අමරකීර්ති ප්‍රමුඛ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ආචාර්යවරුන්, වෛද්‍යවරුන්, සමාජ ක්‍රියාකාරීන්, වෘත්තීය සමිති නායකයින්, ව්‍යාපාරිකයින්, තරුණු නායකයින්, විශාමික රාජ්‍ය සේවයේ නිලධාරීන් ඇතුළු බොහෝ පිරිසක් පත්කරනු ලැබීය.

ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීනි, ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය, ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජාතින විධායක සභික නීතිඥ ලාල් විජේනායක, මහාචාර්ය විජේ කුමාර්, ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය චතුරංග සේනාරත්න, මහාචාර්ය ලියනගේ අමරකීර්ති, ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික් නායක කේ.ඩී. ලාල්කාන්ත, ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක යන අය අදහස් දැක්වීය.

ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අනුර දිසානායක සමුළුවේදී දැක්වූ සම්පූර්ණ අදහස් මෙසේය….

“මේ මාවතේ අපි ගමන් කරමින් යනකොට බොහෝ අය කලබල වී තිබෙනවා. සමහර අය ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පත්වල විවිධ දේ ලියන්න පටන් අරගෙන තිබෙනවා. විශාල දේශපාලන විචාරකයින් නිර්මාණය වී තිබෙනවා. ඒ අය බලයට අවොත් මෙහෙම වෙයි කියමින් භීතිකාවන් මවනවා. ඔක්කොම කලබල වෙලා. සමහර අය උපදේශාත්මක ස්වභාවයෙන් ලියනවා. ඒත් කලබල වෙලා. එහෙම තීරු ලිපි, එහෙම ප්‍රකාශයන්ගෙන් පත්තර පිටු පිරෙන්න පටන් අරන් තිබෙනවා. හැබැයි අපි කිසිසේත් කලබල වෙලා නැහැ. අපට ඉතා හොඳ සංයමයක් තියෙනවා. වැඩසැලැස්මක් තියෙනවා. හොඳ ස්ථාවරයක් තියෙනවා. වේගවත් වැඩ රටාවක් තියෙනවා. ඒවා අපි කිසිසේත් හකුළන්නේ නැහැ. අපි ඉතාමත් සංයමයෙන්, ඉතාමත් ස්ථාවරයෙන්, ඉතාමත් වේගයෙන් ජනතාව ආමන්ත්‍රණය කරමින්, පෙළගස්වමින් සිටිනවා.

ප්‍රධාන ක්ෂේත්‍ර දෙකක් තුළ අපි වැඩකරමින් සිටිනවා. එක ක්ෂේත්‍රයක් නම් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය අතට ඊළඟ බල හුවමාරුවේදී බලය මාරුවීම අත්පත් කරගැනීම සඳහා වූ වැඩසටහනයි. දෙවැන්න බල ගැනීමෙන් පසුව මේ රට ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා වූ වැඩසටහනයි. එකිනෙකට නොදෙවෙනි පරිදි අපි මේ ක්ෂේත්‍ර දෙකට සමාන බර තබමින්, පරෙස්සමෙන්, සංයමයෙන්, ක්‍රමානුකූළව ස්ථාවර ලෙස වැඩකරමින් සිටිනවා. මෙසේ වෙද්දී සමහර අය කළබල වෙනවා. ජාතික ජන බලවේගය මේ රටේ ප්‍රමුඛතම ජනතා බලය බවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීම සඳහා සැලැස්මක් සකස් කර තිබෙනවා. අපි මදක් ප්‍රමාද වූයේ කොවිඩ් වසංගත තත්වය අප එකිනෙකාට එක් රැස් වෙන්න යම් කාලයක් බාධා කර තිබූ නිසයි.

පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් 20වැනිදා ජාතික නියෝජිත සමුළුව පවත්වා, ජාතික විධායක සභාව හඳුන්වා දෙනු ලැබුවා. මේ රට ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා කඩිනම් වැඩපිළිවෙළක් එළිදක්වනු ලැබුවා. සෑම දිස්ත්‍රික්කයකම දිස්ත්‍රික් විධායක සභාව නම් කර එම දිස්ත්‍රික්කයට නායකත්වය දෙන, එහි වගකීම භාර ගන්නා පිරිසක් පත් කිරීමට අපි තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා. අපි මෙහි පවත්වන්නේ එහි වැඩපිළිවෙළේ පළමු දිස්ත්‍රික් සභාවයි. මෙම ජනවාරි මාසයේ සිට මාර්තු මාසය දක්වා දින නියම කරමින් සැලසුමක් සකස් කර තිබෙනවා. අපට ලැබෙන දුරකථන ඇමතුම්වලින්, කතාබහ කරන අයගෙන් ලැබෙන හුඟක් අදහස්වල තිබෙන්නේ ‘සහෝදරයා ඔයාලා උඩින් ඉන්න බව පේනවා. ජනමාධ්‍යවල දකිනවා. ඒත් ගමේ කවුරුත් නෑනෙ’ වගේ අදහස්. ‘පොස්ටරයක් වදිනවා. ඒත් කවුද කියලා පේන්න නැහැ’ කියලා කියනවා. හැබැයි දේශපාලනය කියන්නේ පුරවැසියා සමග ගොඩනගා ගන්නා සහසම්බන්ධයයි. ගමේ කෙනාට තමාට මුණගැසෙන පක්ෂ නියෝජිතයෙක් පෙනිය යුතුයි. පක්ෂයට තිබෙන චෝදනාව, යෝජනාව තමන්ගේ නියෝජිතයාට ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න අවස්ථාව තිබිය යුතුයි. එසේ නොමැතිව දේශපාලන ව්‍යාපාරයක් ඉදිරියට යන්නේ නැහැ. අපේ ග්‍රාමීය මට්ටමින් ඇති සහසම්බන්ධය දුබලයි. අපි එය පිළිගත යුතුයි. සම්බන්ධ වෙන්න අවශ්‍යතාව තිබෙනවා. නමුත් සම්බන්ධ වෙන ස්ථානයක් නැහැ. අපිත් කැමතියි කියනවා. හැබැයි ගමේ කෙනෙක් නැහැ කියනවා.

මේ නිසා අපි සැලසුමක් සකස් කර තිබෙනවා. ලංකාවේ සෑම ග්‍රාම නිලධාරි කොට්ඨාසයකම ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ කොට්ඨාස සභා හදන්න අපි බලපොරොත්තු වෙනවා. දැන් කවුරුවත් නෑ කියන අය මේ කටයුත්ත පටන් ගත යුතුයි. මෙය කොළඹින් ඇවිත් කරන්නක් නොවිය යුතුයි. ගමේ අපි ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ කොට්ඨාස සභා හදනවා. එහි සභාපතිවරයෙක්, ලේකම්වරයෙක්, නිලධාරි මඩුල්ලක් ඉන්නවා. හොඳ කාරක සභාවක් තියෙනවා. ගම ශක්තිමත් කරන, ගම සංවිධානය කරන, ගම්වැසියන්ගේ යෝජනා ලබා ගන්න, අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගන්න, පුරවැසියන් සමග සහසම්බන්ධය හදාගන්න ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ කොට්ඨාස සභාව කටයුතු කරාවි. ජාතික විධායක සභාව, දිස්ත්‍රික් විධායක සභාව, ගමට කොට්ඨාස සභාව ලෙස අපි ක්‍රමයෙන් ජනතාව සංවිධානය කරගැනීම සඳහා වැඩපිළිවෙළ සකස් කර තිබෙනවා.

කෙසේ වුවත් එය කළ හැකි වන්නේ ජනතාව ලෙස ඔබේ ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය සහ දායකත්වය තුළයි. එය අතිශය වැදගත්. මෙය අප කිහිපදෙනෙකුගේ වැඩක් නොව අපි සියලුදෙනාගේ වැඩක්. එක් කාලයක වෙනත් පක්ෂයක ක්‍රියාකාරිකයෙක් විය හැකියි. තවත් කාලයක තවත් පක්ෂයකට ඡන්දය ප්‍රකාශ කරන්න ඇති. ඒත් අපි පුරවැසියන්ගේ වෙනස්වීම පිළිගන්නා දේශපාලන ව්‍යාපාරයක්. පුරවැසියන් වෙනස් නොවුණානම් ඉතිහාසය මේ දක්වා සංවර්ධනය වන්නේ නැහැ. එසේ කරන ලද්දේ වෙනසට බිය නොවූ මිනිසුන් විසිනුයි. සමහරුන් වෙනසට බිය වෙනවා. අපි වෙනස පිළිගන්න සූදානම්. අපි වෙනස අපේක්ෂා කරනවා. එම නිසා අතීතයේ කුමන දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක සිටියාද යන්න අපට ගමේදී අදාළ වන්නේ නැහැ. ගමේ අපි සියලු දෙනා එකතු කර ගෙන ජාතික විධායක සභාවේ නායකත්වය යටතේ කොට්ඨාස සභා හදනවා.

මේ රට ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා වන වැඩපිළිවෙළක් සකස් කර ගත යුතුයි. එයත් ක්‍රමානුකූළව සමාජ ගත කළ යුතුව තිබෙනවා. ඔයාලට රට භාර දුන්නොත් මුදල් ඇමති කවුද කියලා සමහරු අහනවා. මෙතෙක් මේ රටේ සිටි සියලු මුදල් ඇමතිවරුන්ට වඩා දක්ෂම හා අදූෂිතම මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයෙක් අපට හදන්න පුළුවන්. අපි ඒ සියල්ල මණ්ඩලයක් ලෙස පෙන්වන්නම්. අපේ අධ්‍යාපනය භාර කණ්ඩායම, විදෙස් ප්‍රතිපත්ති භාර කණ්ඩායම, සෞඛ්‍යය භාර කණ්ඩායම ලෙස අපට පෙන්වා දිය හැකියි. මෙය තනි පුද්ලයෙකුගේ වැඩක් නෙමෙයි; සාමූහික වැඩක්.

මෙය ගොඩනගන්නේ කෙසේද යන සාකච්ඡාවක් රටට අවශ්‍ය වී තිබෙනවා. දැන් හැමතැනම කියන්නේ මෙයලා ගැන සාකච්ඡා කිරීමෙන් පලක් නෑ කියලා. ඔයාලා මොකද කරන්නේ කියලා අහනවා. අපි මේ රට හදන බවට සපථ කරනවා.”

– ලංකා ටෘත් අනුග්‍රහයෙන්