Former President and current Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today stated in Parliament that the victory of the civil war is a victory achieved by several parties. "This victory belongs to the people of the North and the East as they have built a country without dragging their children into the past conflict. This victory belongs to all religions as bombs do not explode near the Sri Maha Bodhi, the Temple of the Tooth, the Kattankudy Church and the Madhu Church. This victory belongs to all people as the era of guarding school gates for their children is over," he said. Moreover, he stated that this victory is a great victory for this Supreme Council. "The LTTE terrorists were the first to kill people's representative. The terrorists took the lives of a large number of people's representatives. The people's representatives who came to this House had the worst fear of death," he said. Rajapaksa said that the victory should not be underestimated by anyone in the House. He said that the government has also taken a decision to remove the interest on property loans obtained by war heroes who were injured during the humanitarian operation. "Today the war heroes have become healthy heroes and today are fighting to save a country from an epidemic. The forces that betrayed the country and the nation opposed us in the war then as well as today against the deployment of the three forces against the current pandemic," he said. Speaking further, he said, "As such, we withdrew from the treasonous resolution to be a co-sponsor of the resolution against war heroes presented at the Geneva Human Rights Conference."