At the end of the Pada Yathra Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed the gathering at the Lipton Circus yesterday (Aug. 1), where he said that the next time they come in a protest march with the masses, it will be to “take everything away”. This was just a “rehearsal” for that.
Mahinda Rajapaksa further stated that it will provide a training for opposition MPs on how to achieve a government, how to struggle for that and how to select plans and strategies while in the opposition. He stated that the incumbent government’s is governing taking refuge under CID, FCID and Bribery Commission, and that the public will not be deceived by this.
Mahinda said that the government should think that with in the short period of coming to power, how a massive opposition built up against it. He claimed that the protest march was the largest in the country’s entire history and that the struggle would continue on for the victory of the people.