INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that the government has already succeeded in initiating a stable recovery of an economy that was
various segments of society, including farmers, fishing community, youth, women, students, producers, small-scale entrepreneurs and
during a protest in Haymarket Square, Chicago, workers who demanded an eight-hour workday, was violently confronted with gunfire
To pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in that fight, the Second International, convened in 1889, proclaimed May 1st as
transformation under a people-oriented governance bringing an end to a corrupt and elitist political system that has existed for 76 years,
upheld by a rotating power structure dominated by a select few influential families across generations
At the recent presidential and parliamentary elections, people from all corners of Sri Lanka, regardless of ethnicity or religion, united to
dragged to the depths by corrupt and elitist system
The evident signs of advancement are now apparent to everyone
In our very first national budget, we made historic moves significantly increasing the minimum basic salary of public servants and extensive
benefits for various segments of society, including farmers, fishing community, youth, women, students, producers, small-scale entrepreneurs
We are diligently addressing the persistent issues encountered by plantation workers and striving to guarantee their civil rights.We
recognize the necessity for a new phase in the rights we possess, aligned with the continuously evolving productive forces
Contemporary society demands a new era in human rights that encompasses digital access, environmental rights and other emerging rights that
were not anticipated in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
These changes, along with evolving political frameworks and the worldwide call for peace, require a revised and comprehensive global
declaration of human rights
global geopolitical shifts and growing challenges, it is the working people of Sri Lanka who continue to shoulder the burden of rebuilding
As we restore and reform an economy devastated by decades of corrupt politics, I warmly invite our beloved working people to join hands in
