Effigy will wash away- Minister D.M. Jayaratna

Asela Kuruluwansa - Kandy and Nawalapitiya Corrs

When one makes an effigy in clay it would crack when it dries or would get washed away in the rain and similarly all the alliances the UNP makes suffer the fate of a clay effigy, Plantation Industries and Up Country Development Minister D.M. Jayaratna said at a press conference held in the Ambuluwawa bio-diversity centre, Gampola yesterday.

Although the UNP was a political party with a considerable voter base it was now allied itself with some political groups that have no voter base in the country and the alliance would break up no sooner it was formed, he said.

When one reviewed the results of the recent Provincial Council election it would be seen that the UPFA polled 5.1 million votes while the opposition parties polled only 3 million votes giving the UPFA a clear majority of 2.1 million votes.

In all future elections, similar results would be achieved, Jayaratna said.

The people felt deeply in their hearts about the liberation of the country from terrorism by the bold policy of President Mahinda Rajapaksa as four previous leaders who ruled the country could not defeat terrorism. Any common candidate that the opposition party may field for the Presidential election had no chance of winning against President Mahinda Rajapaksa, he also said.