Sri Lanka, May 19 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that the country is not fully free even after the end of the war.

Addressing the National War Heroes' Commemoration Ceremony held opposite the War Heroes Memorial in Battaramulla, President Dissanayake stated that the country does not yet have complete victors, and the only way to become true winners is by fully establishing law and peace in the country.

Further elaborating, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated:

"We have shed as much blood as we could. We are a nation that has shed blood to the point where the earth was soaked in blood. We are a nation that shed so much blood that it flowed like a river. We are a nation that shed so much tears that even the rivers are ...