Although others had attempted to obtain rights to this mission, what they say on this regard is untrue, the President has added at a rally in Ingiriya yesterday (23).

"When i was elected to power in 2005, I was asked to do a single thing by all. That is to stop the country being divided, eradicate terrorism and provide the public with the right to live without fear and doubt."

We solved this crisis in less that four years' time. While the crisis was being resolved, the only other politician other than myself who attended the security council was former Prime Minister - Rathnasiri Wickremenayake. No one else came or was heralded, he added.