President’s meeting with newspaper editor at Temple Trees on Tuesday ‘Govt. mindful of people’s woes and doing its best to reduce CoL’

‘Govt. mindful of people’s woes and doing its best to reduce CoL’

President Mahinda Rajapaksa meets editors of national newspapers

The government was aware of the economic woes of the public and it was doing everything possible to give them relief, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The President said that increases in the prices of some commodities were due to various factors such as price hikes in the world market and a drop in the local supply because of heavy rains and natural disasters. He said his government was duty bound to protect the vulnerable sections of society who had to bear the brunt of price increases.

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