"We will take our own time and the solution, you can't ask for an instant solution like instant noodles. Constitutions are not for one or two days. It is not a magazine which is published weekly or monthly. We can't change the Constitution frequently. We will have to take our own time. We will certainly change all this. My commitment remains," President Rajapaksa has said in an interview with the Times of India.
Referring to the European Union's stance on the GSP Plus trade concession to the country, Rajapaksa has said the concessions were offered following the tsunami and now that the tsunami rehabilitation is over the government needs to look at new markets.
"Our people must know this: when I called the elections, they (EU) immediately called for suspension of tariff concessions. It was a politically motivated decision. If the EU doesn't want to give it (concessions), let them keep it. I don't want it. We have gone and explained what we have done. Now we have appointed it (an inquiry commission), not because someone wanted me to, but because I am committed to that," the President was quoted in the interview.
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