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Sarvajana Balaya strategic plan launched: Need for SL to leverage its civilisational achievements stressed

Sri Lanka should benefit from the rekindled interest in civilisational achievements and diversity of civilizations, MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has said.
The dissident SLPPer and key member of newly formed Sarvajana Balaya said so while underscoring the pivotal importance of unanimous adoption of a resolution proposed by China recently to establish an International Day for Dialogue among Civilisations, at the UN General Assembly (UNGA)
Declaring that Sri Lanka was in a crossroads and need to reexamine the country’s rich past, MP Cumaratunga said that far reaching changes were taking place at global level. The first-time entrant to parliament discussed the challenges faced by Sri Lanka, taking into consideration the Chinese proposal made at the 78th session of the UNGA.
Addressing a gathering Monarch Imperial at Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, recently, at the launch of the first draft of Sarvajana Balaya’s strategic plan for public discourse meant to promote a happy nation and an entrepreneurial state, MP Cumaratunga pointed out how the breaking up of the Soviet Union in late 1991 influenced a dialogue on civilization.
MP Cumaratunga dealt with Sri Lanka’s civilisation and entrepreneurship in the current context while comparing the Chinese and Western approach to the issue at hand.
The lawmaker compared American political scientist Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama’s assessment of the breaking up of the Soviet Union in his widely read ‘The end of history and the Last Man’ and the subsequent warning issued by American strategist Samuel P Huntington in ‘The clash of the Civilizations and The Remaking of World Order’ disputed Fukuyama’s declaration of triumph of liberal movement.
Huntington quite rightly stressed that the US shouldn’t give up military preparations at a global level as new challenges were in the making in spite of the breaking up of the Soviet Unio, MP Cumaratunga said.
MP Cumaratunga reminded the role played by Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, the late Prof. Nalin de Silva as well as Dr. Ranga Wickramasinghe, the youngest son of pioneering Sinhala writer Martin Wickramasinghe and several others including researchers at the Colombo University and Divaina in influencing a dialogue with the focus on civilisation/Jathika Chinthanaya.
Referring to the intervention made by Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera by launching ‘Sabhyathwa Rajyak Kara’ (Towards a civilizational State) in 2016, MP Cumaratunga discussed how post-Aragalaya Sri Lanka could benefit from formation of a genuine entrepreneurial state
MP Cumaratunga examined the issue-genuine entrepreneurial state- while referring to crucial role of the state and public in fostering long-run innovation-led economic growth as discussed by author Mariana Mazzucato in ‘The entrepreneurial state: Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths’ published in near two dozen countries.
The MP emphasized that those who want to achieve American success they should do what the US did not follow their advice how they did it. MP Cumaratunga gave several examples of how in ancient times Sinhala kings utilized everything available for the betterment of the country. The MP said that the country should be re-built on the basis that a not a raindrop should be wasted and the government should have made the required intervention to boost the economic revival.
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Strengthen law enforcement processes to protect public law and order without any external influence – President

President Anura Kumara Disanayake instructed police chiefs of the Southern Province to carry out their duties without any influence. The President further stated that his government would facilitate this process by ensuring political authority provides the necessary assistance.
President Disanayake made these remarks during a discussion held today (18) at the Presidential Secretariat with police chiefs of the Southern Province.
The President emphasized that everyone must abide by the country’s fundamental laws and stated that enforcing these laws is the responsibility of the police department.
During the discussion, police chiefs of the Southern Province briefed the President on reports related to organized crimes and drug-related offenses. In response, President Disanayake instructed officials to take all necessary measures swiftly to combat crimes.
He also directed the officers to strengthen law enforcement processes to protect public law and order without any external influence.
Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala; Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala; Acting Inspector General of Police, Priyantha Weerasooriya; and several Southern Province police chiefs were also present at the discussion.
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President holds discussions with Western Province Police chiefs

President Anura Kumara Disanayake stated that steps will be taken to provide the necessary facilities to eliminate organized crime and drug abuse, as well as to introduce new legislation.
The President made these remarks during a discussion held today (18) at the Presidential Secretariat with the police chiefs of the Western Province.
He emphasized that maintaining the rule of law is a key responsibility of the Police Department.
President Anura Kumara Disanayake further stated that a just society cannot be established in Sri Lanka without ensuring the supremacy of the rule of law.
Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala; Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala; Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, Ravi Seneviratne; Acting Inspector General of Police, Priyantha Weerasooriya; and several Western Province police chiefs were also present at the event.
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