President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Social Justice Commission will be established in order to build a country where everyone can live in harmony, by solving the problems of the people belonging to all sections of the population and that the government expects to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The President said this during his address at the National Thai Pongal Festival held at the Jaffna Durga Hall this afternoon (Jan. 15), the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.
The President, who was escorted to the venue by a Tamil cultural procession, was received according to Hindu rituals. Many Tamil cultural performances added colour to the event, the PMD said.
President Wickremesinghe says that the government is looking at the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution within the next few years.
“We are looking at full implementation of the 13th amendment within the next few years,”“he said while attending the Thai Pongal State Festival in Jaffna.
In addition, the President stated that in order to build a country where all races coexist and achieve economic prosperity, everyone must return to the Sri Lankan identity established by the late Mr D.S. Senanayake 75 years ago.
The President stated that a statement on the government’s steps toward reconciliation will be made public in February and that a meeting of party leaders will be convened next week to discuss the matter, according to the PMD.
President Wickremesinghe also stated that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s work will be accelerated in order to provide relief to the families of the disappeared, it said.