He requested the Members of Parliament to fulfill their responsibilities for the public with dedication, properly in time, without thinking of the forthcoming Provincial Council Election and the Parliamentary Election to be held in five years.

The President was speaking at the opening ceremony of the newly built Technical Laboratory of the Adarsha Maha Vidyalaya in Saliyaveva, Putlam on Friday (Jan. 22).

He cautioned them not to postpone the decisions needed to be taken for the betterment of the people, due to the feeling that they will lose their votes. “Nobody should be afraid of taking correct decisions for the development”, he said.

Commenting on the shortage of the teachers island wide, the President said steps should be taken to place additional teachers in the schools where there are vacancies.

“I shifted the Wayamba Provincial Ministry of Education, which had been limited to Kurunegala District, to Putlam District this time as there are important issues pertaining to education in the Putlam District. Everybody should get together to increase the educational level of the district”, the President said.