Sri Lanka, Nov. 18 -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that he will establish a new government that can implement his policies. Delivering his first speech as the President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that he is addressing the nation as the Executive President of Sri Lanka and the Defense Minister who will take on the responsibility of the security of the country.

President Rajapaksa thanked all those who voted for him at the Presidential Election and those who exercised their right to vote regardless of whom they voted for. President Rajapaksa said: "We knew right from the start that the main factor of this election victory is the Sinhalese majority of the country."

"Although I knew that the Presidential Election could have be...