The president has acted irresponsibly by concentrating on beating back political demonstrations, while leaving dangerously weak areas in key sectors like the airport.
He believed in peace negotiations to solve the ethnic problem.
The economy is the main issue because people are worried about their stomach. I will place economic development before lasting peace.
Now we must ensure a free and fair election. This is a big victory for democracy.
What is at stake is not the provincial council elections, but democracy.
I therefore call upon all of you, the people, the armed forces, police and public service to remain calm and vigilant in the face of this deliberate attempt of endangering the peace process which we will overcome together.
The agreement arrived between the government and the LTTE and the Oslo and Tokyo Declaration, which guarantees the unity, democratic character and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, has created the framework of a solution acceptable to all communities of the country.
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