Chambers call for harmony

The Joint Business Chambers and Organisation of Professional Associations calls for fostering and guaranteeing communal, racial and religious harmony during and after the elections.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the National Chamber of Exporters (NCE), the Joint Apparel Associations Forum (JAAF), the Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI), International Chamber of Commerce – Sri Lanka (ICC) with the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA) which is the apex body representing all recognized professional associations in the country, in a public statement appeals to the leaders of all political parties and every candidate seeking a mandate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections to be held tomorrow to foster and guarantee communal, racial and religious harmony during the period of Elections and thereafter.

“We strongly believe that the country has undergone many calamities and socio-political upheavals, resulting in instability in the past few decades, thus preventing the nation realizing its dreams.

Such an environment ultimately brought about the current economic setbacks and, therefore, it is important for all concerned parties to appreciate the need for stability, the social cohesion and communal, racial and religious harmony to build a prosperous nation.

“We also appeal to all the constituents to be conscious of the above and cast their votes with utmost responsibility and elect a stable government that can truly carry forward a national agenda enabling and guaranteeing all Sri Lankans to live in harmony.

“On our part we are committed towards a nation of communal, inter-racial and inter-religious harmony,” the statement said.