People rejected conspirators - MP

Lakshmi DE SILVA

People of the Uva province who had stood by and dedicated themselves to the victory of the humanitarian operations in the north, have totally rejected the conspirators and those who obstructed the humanitarian operations.

This was shown in the recent Uva provincial council election when the UNP seats were reduced from 12 to 7 and the JVP seats from 7 to 1, parliamentarian M. Musammil said at a press conference held at the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna headquarters, Battaramulla yesterday. He also said the faulty leadership of the JVP from 2005 has eroded the voter base of the party.

The JVP in the election of 2006 obtained 29,176 votes but in 2009 it has come down to only 9007 votes in Badulla and the percentage of votes lost by the JVP is 69.12. In the Moneragala District during the same period the JVP votes has gone down from 17,199 votes to 5,632 and the percentage of loss is 75.23. Therefore the people should not be deceived by the theories of the JVP leaders, he said. Members of the the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna Captain Meemal Munasingha from Badulla and W.A. Udayakumara from Moneragala won the provincial council election but the JNP politburo has not yet decided whether to accept a ministerial posts of the council, he said.

The two thirds majority given to the UPFA is like Uva Vellassa rebellion of 1817-1818 and now UPFA has been given the mandate to fight poverty in the region and to bring prosperity to the area, he noted.