Dinesh: MEP expects all those who were committed to people’s mandate to give priority to the same

MEP leader Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says that it would be a challenge for the government to solve the post-Covid economic problems practically, going beyond the textbook theories.

Addressing the MEP Seethavaka ‘Balamandalaya’, party leader and Minister of Education Dinesh Gunawardena last week said that the challenge for the government would be to solve the post-Covid economic problems practically, going beyond the textbook theories.

The leader of the MEP said that the opinion of the party is that a guarantee should be provided to the low-income groups in the country regarding the provision of essential food items and that a letter in that regard had been submitted to the government authorities. He stated that an operation consisting of good management principles was essential to solve the problems faced by other communities.

Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the MEP expected the process of drafting a new constitution to begin in 2022 and that the MEP was committed to protecting the mandate given to the government by the people. He said that the MEP expected all those who were committed to the people’s mandate to give priority to the same.

“We should not forget how the President, without rejecting any foreign country, acted to save the lives of people during the Covid crisis”. He also said that all efforts should be channeled to practically implement the vision presented by the Minister of Finance through the Budget.

Minister Gunawardena said that directing the unemployed school leavers to practical vocational careers would be an additional challenge in 2022 and that practical measures should be adopted moving away from traditional theories. He stressed that all efforts should be made to empower these youth as they are the future of the country and that the Pradeshiya Sabhas should also be utilized for this purpose. Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that in order to build the post covid-economy, meet the rural demand and increase production from the local level upwards there is a need to work pragmatically without getting lost in textbook theories.

Deputy Secretary of the MEP, MP Yadamini Gunawardena, Chairman of the Seethavaka MEP Balamandalaya and Chairman of the Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha, Jayantha Rohana were also present at the meeting at the Hanwella Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha, function hall.

Former Provincial Councilor Lionel Kariyawasam, Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha members Samantha Gamage, Secretary of the MEP ‘Balamandalaya’, Nanda Kumara, Chinthaka Devendra, S.A. Premaratne as well as Seethawaka Municipal Councillor Sisira Jayasinghe, former Members of the Pradeshiya Sabha Gamini Welikala and Ranjani Iddagoda were also present at the meeting.