PM asks govt. parliamentarians to visit their electorates without staying at home

by Norman Palihawadana

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked government MPs not to be confined to their homes, but to reach out to the people by visiting their respective electorates and resolving the grievances faced by the masses at a time the country is facing a grave pandemic situation.

“I have asked Ministers and government MPs to visit their electorates to find out and resolve the problems confronting the people in this hour of need without hanging around in their houses by falling back on Covid-19 as a reason not to venture out”, the premier told The Sunday Island.

He stressed that it is important that parliamentarians, as representatives of the people, visit their electorates to be of assistance to their constituents at a time they are in the throes of a pandemic that has hit everybody hard.

Asked whether the government has made arrangements to procure global Covid-19 vaccines, the Prime Minister replied, “yes, we have initiated the process but it is difficult to access it at the pace we want”.

“Anyway, we are trying our best to secure the vaccines as early possible”, he added.

He noted that even if the government was successful in procuring the vaccines, there is the possibility of some people floating various theories to create confusion in the minds of the masses.