Earlier I went from above ....

Earlier I went from above ....

now I go from below!

- Mahinda had said in parliament

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made a special speech today which incidentally is the last date

of the debate of the budget had mentioned that he thanks the Prime Minister for having taken steps to make amendments in the budget after giving ear to the masses. He further mentioned that it has been a historic budget that has been presented on this occasion and that he who went from above and now goes from below has now realise realises all matters.

Mahinda who inquired to clarify as to what has been changed and what has not been changed in the budget said that it is not clear to him as to whether this situation is democracy or else inability. Mahinda then said that he was successful in bringing the the war which went on for a period of 30 years to an end and that today some are acting as if such a thing has not taken place but said that he battled against Prabhakaran and not the Tamil community. He went on to say that the incumbent government is taking action to sell profit-making establishments and that the government is trying to live by 'selling'. The former President had said that through the process of giving vouchers instead of school uniforms it has put school-children into serious  difficulty and that the money so given is not sufficient for them to buy the clothes and that he used to go from above those days but since he is now going from below it has made him see all this very clearly.