The National Freedom Front (NFF) today handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa the party’s 12 proposals for reforms, which were approved at its 2nd National Convention, for adoption by the government.
The proposals were extensively discussed while the President assured that he intends to further discuss them with the seniors of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the President’s Media Unit said.
The President further emphasized that he would never hesitate to take political and economic decisions for the betterment of the country’s future as deems fit.
The proposals put forward by the NFF, a constituent party of the ruling UPFA, call on the government not to offer any tax concessions to any investment which consists of large-scale gambling activities such as casino or any form of immoral activities.
The party also proposed the introduction of legal reforms to stop spreading of large-scale gambling activities such as casino, online gambling alias electronic gambling.
It proposed to the Government to “band forthwith all operation of foreign funded fundamentalist religious organizations which pose severe threat to the coexistence and peace among diverse ethnic communities and also to implement the law of the land against any form of organizations that operate against the existing religious coexistence and peace among the nation.”
NFF leader Minister Wimal Weerawansa, Deputy Minister Weerakumara Dissanayake, Piyasiri Wijeynayake and Mohamed Muzammil were present during the meeting which was also attended by Ministers Susil Premajayantha and Dullas Alahapperuma.
