President pledges not to reverse 8 January revolution and allow family rule to return
President Maithripala Sirisena today pledged that he would not allow room for the “silent revolution” achieved on 8 January to be reverse and family rule to return.
The President made this comment on Saturday at a ceremony to launch the construction of the Matara-Hambantota segment of the Southern Expressway.
Speaking publicly for the first time after Friday’s announcement that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be given a nomination