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WPC poll mandate signifies trust in President - CM

Prasanna Ranatunga, the fifth Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council who assumed office yesterday at a function at Srawasti Mandiraya, Colombo said the elected representatives of the UPFA were returned with overwhelming majorities and it was the duty of all council members to dedicate themselves for the uplift of the people of the province.


Prasanna Ranatunga, the fifth Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council who assumed office yesterday.

The mandate given to them was also significant of the trust the people had reposed in President Mahinda Rajapaksa whose policy program was practical and leadership strong.

All members of the council and the officials should serve the people honestly in all matters brought before them such as admissions of children to schools or providing facilities to the people. If, however, anyone was found to be corrupt, he would not hesitate to take immediate legal action against him or her, he said.

The Chief Minister said his path to the present position was not easy and he had to clear several obstacles and the education and discipline he had gained at the Ashoka Primary and Ananda College, Colombo had helped him achieve many objectives.

In politics he had to lose much of his personal things and comforts, but, the achievement he gained was the people’s trust.

He thanked the voters who had elected him with the largest majority in the Province at the election on April 25, his late father Parliamentarian Reggie Ranatunga and his family including his mother and brothers who had given him all the support and encouragement in his political career. UPFA General Secretary and Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga had faced all political obstacles and drawbacks from 1993 with patience and determination and his political career was an example to other politicians.

The Western Province comprised one fourth of the national population and the financial, administrative and diplomatic centres were based in the Province and the population was cosmopolitan with Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other communities living in it.

Therefore, the problems and aspirations of the people were also complex.

When the administration of the Western Provincial Council was carried out efficiently and with transparency it could become the model Provincial Council of the country, he noted.

Western Province Governor S. Alavi Mowlana and Secretary of the Provincial Council Victor Samaraweera also spoke.

Minister Geethanjana Gunawardena, Parliamentarian Arjuna Ranatunga, newly elected UPFA Provincial Council members and past members were present at the function.

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