Minister Dodangoda, a model for future generation - PM

Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake in a condolence message on the death of Minister Amarasiri Dodangoda said the services rendered by the late Minister have set a model for the future generation of the country.

"The death of Galle parliamentarian, Minister of Justice and Legal Reforms and Vice President of the SLFP, Amarasiri Dodangoda has immensely saddened me and is also a great loss to the people in the South in particular.

Late Amarasiri Dodangoda was a strong political leader who devoted his time for social justice and democracy in Sri Lanka.

This silent man, having been nurtured from the Peradeniya University education and also from the Socialist block, was a strong force in political activities.

The historic victory he achieved as Chief Minister of the Southern Provincial Election which spearheaded the downfall of the then UNP regime in the country turned out to be the beginning of the present victories we enjoy today. Minister Dodangoda pioneered this epochal change.

"Despite the fact that be is no more with us today, the services he had rendered are ideal models for the future generation.