Presidential candidate of the National Peoples’ Power (NPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayaka commented on the following matters at the launch of the manifesto of the NPP this today (26). This policy statement, which was launched at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, has been named as the “Deshaye Apekshawa,” the “Expectation of the Nation.”
Anura Kumara Dissanayake has formulated his manifesto through eight fundamental national policies;
- A land of prosperity
- A land of contentment
- A secure land
- An evergreen land
- A fertile land
- A lawful land
- A safe land
- One country
It is noteworthy that in preparing this policy statement, the names of the scholars involved in each subject were mentioned. These include ensuring national security, implementing clean governance, promoting agriculture, not allowing any extremism to be built, taking back all the lands given to companies, and developing a new development program that is integrated with the livelihood of the people.
One of the main objectives of their manifesto is to build an IT-based education. The National Peoples’ Power aims to create a civilized citizen by providing equal access to education for all groups according to their qualifications and skills. It is also proposed to address the serious health problems faced by Sri Lanka to improve the health of all people. It has further clarified the need to provide suitable habitats to all and assured that maximum measures will be taken to do so. Another aspect of this manifesto is the restoration of the place of art and culture. The expectation of the National Power Speed is to bring the woman forward as a driving force and provide all the needs of the children for the future of the country. The policy statement also contains a set of 11 principles for building a clean Sri Lanka.
They have also pledged to build agriculture, livestock development, fisheries, and aquatic resources, energy and transport to build a sustainable economy. The abolition of the Executive Presidency and the establishment of a new constitution is a pledge of the National Power Force. The manifesto also states the promise of establishing a government free of fraud and corruption, plans on developing the police force, and eradicating the drug menace.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake further said;
“The country is poor, the leaders are rich. The country is in debt but the bank accounts of the leaders are full. Politics is simply a business. We assure that this business will be transformed to a service for the people of the nation. We will carry out several changes to achieve this. We will stop the retirement fee received by parliamentarians after five years. We will stop former Presidents being nourished by the people of the country. The cabinet will be limited to 30. There won’t be any positions as state ministerial or non state ministerial positions. And there’s a vehicle permit mania that does not suit this country. We will stop that dear parliamentarians. We assure that the expenditure of the president will be reduced by 90%.”
The manifesto also includes the establishment of a foreign policy that guides the aspirations of the independent national people of today’s world politics. It also asserts the right to freedom of media and access to information for the benefit of a democratic society.
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