JVP hails Mahinda's victory
THE JVP Politburo in a media release issued yesterday said the
results of the Presidential Election has completely rejected the false
idealogy that a Presidential Election cannot be win without the support
of Arumugam Thondaman and Rauff Hakeem.
The election results have clearly shown that the country's future can
be decided with the strength of all patriotic and progressive forces
which rally round under one correct stand. A President can be elected to
the country without surrendering to the demands of Thondaman and Hakeem,
the JVP said.
The release said all patriotic forcers were firmly dedicated towards
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's victory without depending on votes
cast in the North-East areas under the intimidation of the LTTE.
Whatever steps were taken by the LTTE on the election, the firm stand
of the patriotic forcers backed the Premier would have led to his
victory under any circumstances. However, the UNP Presidential candidate
Ranil Wickremesinghe depended entirely on the LTTE to ensure his
victory.
Prime Minister Rajapakse was backed by the Maha Sangha, patriotic
forces, artists and other intellectuals.
Among those who supported Wickremesinghe were racketeers, owners of a
large number of electronic and print media institutions, some
fundamentalist groups and NGOs. Wickremesinghe has formed cliques with
Hakeem and Thondaman.
He was politically stranded by the LTTE as they did to other
political leaders who sang hosannas for the LTTE.
This Presidential Election has given a wide mandate to Premier
Rajapakse to solve the country's ethnic problem while safeguarding the
country's unitary status.
It can also be described as a mandate given to form a National
Economy by creating a proper competitiveness between the State and
private sector.
The election results have also confirmed that the UNP cannot mislead
the people through various malicious propaganda campaigns telecast over
its friendly private media mafia spending billions of rupees, the
release added. |