Anura must apologize for his threats to people of North: Ranil

President Ranil Wickremesinghe at an election rally in Vaddukottai, Jaffna yesterday(7). Pix: President Office

Leader of National Peoples’ Power (NPP)  Anura Kumara Dissanayake must apologize for his threats against the people of North and for instilling fear using JVP tactics, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Jaffna.

While condemning Dissanayake's recent threat to the Northern people, warning them against opposing the changes supported by the South, implying potential consequences, President Wickremesinghe called on Dissanayake to apologize not only to the people of the North for the threat but also to the people of the South for misrepresenting them.

Speaking at the "Puluwan Sri Lanka" victory rally in Vaddukoddai, Jaffna yesterday (7), President Wickremesinghe added that the JVP’s policies, under Anura Kumara Dissanayake, have no place in the country today and predicted that Dissanayake will not win the presidential election. 

He further stated that had Sajith Premadasa properly fulfilled his role as opposition leader, Anura Dissanayake's rise would not have occurred, and

emphasized that the future of the country cannot be entrusted to leaders like Sajith.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, while outlining the government's development plans for the North, announced that he is committed to granting significant development powers to all nine provincial councils to enhance regional growth. (Northeastern Monitor/September 8/2024)