Posted on July 24th, 2021 By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 23: For steady progress and economic development of a country the two most important requirements are peace and political stability. Any uncertainty on the duration of a government adversely affects its policy implementation process as Sri Lanka witnessed many times during its post-independence history of seven decades, especially during the last ‘Yahapalana’ government. Hence, the people of the country can heave a sigh of relief over Monday’s announcement by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he intends to contest and win the next Presidential Election. Speaking to media heads and publishers he said that in addition to the remaining three years of his tenure he has got another five years to implement his policies, clearly underlining his fullest confidence in winning the next Presidential Election in 2024.