Majority want Mahinda to be President - Minister

Ginigathena special correspondent

The majority of Sri Lankans want Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse to become the next President, said Minister of Small and Medium Scale Plantation Industries, Rural Human Resources Development and Livestock C.B. Ratnayake. Speaking at a SLFP meeting in Ginigathena town, Ratnayake said Rajapakse was well aware of the public's burning problems.

"The victory of the Rajapakse at the Presidential election will make him not only the next President of this island but also the first ever State leader from the Southern Province," Rathnayake said.