UNP MPs in bullock carts to Parliament latest gimmick - Azwer

COLOMBO: In a media release former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Presidential Advisor A.H.M. Azwer referring to the five UNP MPs going to Parliament in bullock carts, said he was amused by this latest gimmick.

'What happened to the Semi-Luxury Tata Safari vehicles I gave them when I was Minister for Parliamentary Affairs?' He queried' It is best that they now give those vehicles to the common man and continue to use bullock carts for their transport. It suits their style perfectly'.

He said he was tickled pink when he noticed that only five UNP MPs had thought it fit to protest in this manner.

'What happened to the leader(s) and the rest of the party members?' He asked 'Did they come to Parliament in airconditioned modern vehicles or not?

He wanted to know where the party leadership was when this protest took place and wondered whether they were in hiding. 'I know who led the carts' he said 'but I want to know who led the protest'.

He recalled that when a similar protest took place during the heyday of the UNP it were the party leaders like. J.R. Jayewardene and Ranasinghe Premadasa who led from the front as they came in 'buggy carts to Parliament. That role was not given to bulls'.