{"id":11159,"date":"2025-02-04T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=11159"},"modified":"2025-02-04T08:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:06:50","slug":"strengthening-the-democracy-we-inherited-from-freedom-is-everyones-responsibility-sajith-premadasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=11159","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the democracy we inherited from freedom is everyone\u2019s responsibility \u2013 Sajith Premadasa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">asianewsplusone.com sfmnewslk.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Sajith Premadasa, states that it is the responsibility of all of us at this moment to strengthen the democracy we inherited from freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pointing out that it is important at this moment to remember the period we gained independence and the period our motherland went through after that, he recalls that at the time of independence, we as a country were at a very low level in terms of poverty, health, literacy and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Issuing a congratulatory message on the occasion of the 77th National Independence Day, the Leader of the Opposition stated this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The school system and university system were strengthened throughout the country through free education, and as a result, the literacy rate, which was 35 percent in 1948, has increased to 95 percent today. ThStrengthening the democracy we inherited from freedom is everyone\u2019s responsibility \u2013 Sajith Premadasais is an achievement for us. Similarly, the fact that life expectancy, which was 45 years in 1948, has now exceeded 75 years is a victory for the health sector. It also states that through the agrarian development projects initiated to develop agriculture and giant development projects such as the accelerated Mahaweliya, we have been able to increase the paddy yield from 350 kilograms to 3,500 kilograms per hectare today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A critical examination of the serious challenges facing the country today due to the narrow objectives of gaining power and the political myths that have undermined the achievements of the country will further give meaning to the freedom we have gained. It is the responsibility of all of us at this moment to strengthen the democracy we inherited after independence by providing new answers to old questions, not old answers. 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