Election will be most democratic
Lakshmi DE SILVA
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Minister
Patali Champika Ranawaka |
The forthcoming Presidential Election will be the most democratic
election but there were certain forces with past records of violence
involved in the campaign.
There was no policy agreement among the various political parties in
the Opposition campaign. They only agree when resorting to violence, the
only common point among them, Environment and Natural Resources Minister
Patali Champika Ranawaka said at the JHU press conference yesterday.
There was an attempt to start a spate of killings during the run up to
the forthcoming Presidential Election like in 1993 and 1994 when a
number of leaders like Lalith Athulathmudali, Ranasinghe Premadasa,
Gamini Dissanayake and others were killed and certain foreign elements
were involved.
Therefore, the public should be vigilant to prevent such things
happening again now, he said. |
