President Mahinda Rajapakse on October 26 said
the
Government''s
efforts
are
to
eliminate
terrorism
from
the
soils
of
Sri Lanka but not to fight against another
community,
according
to
Colombo
Page.
“We
will
continue
to
fight
against
terrorism
which
is
not
a
fight
against
the
Tamil
community
in
this
country,”
he
said
at
the
opening
ceremony
of
the
Tertiary Education Center in Tangalle.
“It
is
time
for
the
LTTE
(Liberation
Tigers
of
Tamil
Eelam)
to
surrender
to
the
government
forces
and
to
continue
for
a
negotiated
settlement.
Our
government
will
not
allow
anybody
to
break
this
country
in
to
pieces.
We
have
shown
our
commitment
for
a
negotiated
settlement
and
coexistence
from
the
Eastern Sri Lanka which is liberated and being administered
by
the
Tamil
and
Muslim
leadership,”
President
Rajapakse
explained.
Meanwhile, a special census was taken in Puttalam
to
register
the
civilians
who
are
living
in
the
district
after
fleeing
the
Northern
and
Eastern
provinces
of
Sri Lanka. Police spokesman Senoir Superintendent of Police, Ranjith
Gunasekara,
said
an
estimated
total
of
nearly
3,000
people
from
the
Northern
and
Eastern
provinces
have
registered
at
the
census
held
in
St. Andrews College in Puttalam. Most of the fled are living in
Puttalam
district
with
their
relatives
at
the
moment
and
the
census
was
held
for
their
security,
the
Police
spokesman
said.
Recently
the
Sri
Lankan
police
took
the
measures
to
register
the
displaced
people
in
the
Western Province. |
