Local poll results clearly show people's confidence in Govt - MSU

COLOMBO: The results of the Local Polls of March 30 clearly manifest the people's confidence in the emergence of a practical leadership out of the Mahinda Chintanaya which recognises the long neglected rural economy that caused the gap in the development process, stated a media release by the Ministers Secretaries' Union (MSU) yesterday.

The victory of the United People's Freedom Alliance led by the SLFP is also an indication of the people's intelligent identification of the Development Programme pioneered by President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the past short span of time such as four months, the media release stressed.

If the JVP, a constituent party of the UPFA did not take the decision to contest the Local Government Polls separately, the UPFA could have won all the 264 local bodies instead of the 233 local bodies that were won to score a total of 3369074 votes in favour of the UPFA, it pointed out.

The MSU media release further stated that it is the responsibility of every constituent party of the UPFA not to confine themselves to their party agenda and urged them to identify the causes of obstacles that stood in our way to national progress throughout several decades in the past.

We must set an example to the people to realize the value of unity in action, it added.