President and Defence Chiefs hailed
On behalf of the private sector, the business community and the
membership, Kosala Wickramanayake, President, Federation of Chambers of
Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) congratulated President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Commander of
the Sri Lanka Army, General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Sri Lanka
Navy, Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda and Commander of the Sri Lanka Air
Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonatilake for liberating the nation
from the cruel grips of terrorism.
Wickramanayake further appealed to the international community and
the donor agencies to assist the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to
resettle the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in their traditional
homes and villages by providing aid which is urgently required for
resettlement.
The genuine need of our people from the North is their immediate
resettlement to resume their normal livelihood and for the children to
go back to school as soon as possible. The GOSL and the International
Community should facilitate resumption of businesses especially SME's in
the North. The banks & financial institutions should provide loans &
other financial facilities required with the intervention of the Central
Bank. The equipment and material needed for the supply of water by
constructing tube wells, water purification and sanitation is a major
requirement. The pressing duty of the International Community would be
to supply these requirements which will ease the suffering of northern
community. All the communities lived in harmony prior to 1983 and should
be resettled in the North and East as early as possible. FCCISL also
wish to thank India, Japan and other countries and donors who have
pledged financial support for IDPs.
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