Economic prosperity will lead to national reconciliation says Faiszer Musthapha

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Technology and Research Deputy Minister Faiszer Musthapha said people in the majority and the minority community should have the will and the strength to work together for national reconciliation and safeguard their motherland. The Sri Lankan identity should not be used for certain issues which lead to create racial hatred. The Deputy Minister said President Mahinda Rajapaksa is making a concerted effort towards national reconciliation. He shared his views at a meeting with the business community today at the ministry.

He said the extremists on either side were using minor issues between individuals as a political platform to create racial hatred. Political parties should not be based on race and religion. “We have to work towards national reconciliation. Today it’s easy to be a political hero by display racial placards. Some politicians and extremists use religion and race for political survival which is very unfortunate,” the Deputy Minister said, adding that he believes in what the President said that there is no minority and majority community. He said as much as the minority community has voted for him, the majority community has also voted for him. He stressed the importance of acting with a Sri Lankan conscience.

Deputy Minister Musthapha said, “Now the TNA talks a lot, earlier they were the proxies of the LTTE. Today they have a free mind to think at least. Tamil political leadership and anybody who thought intelligently were destroyed by the LTTE. Because they thought that they can control the Tamil community through the power of the gun. The Tamil diaspora should thank the Government for saving the Tamil community from the clutches of the LTTE. It has given them the freedom of thought and expression.”