Opposition candidate showing false concern for minorities

Asela Kuruluwanse

Opposition Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka spoke only of a Sinhala regime while he was serving as the Army Commander. After entering politics he has begun to show false concern over Tamils and Muslims to win their votes. They will never fall prey to his gimmicks, Tourism Promotion Minister Faizer Musthapha said.

Though the SLMC supports the Opposition candidate, its leader Rauff Hakeem has no vote base among the Muslims, he said at a public rally at Akurana, Kandy yesterday.

The main objective of the common opposition front is to defeat the President and it has no other motive for the benefit of the country. The UNP and the JVP are expressing opposite views while Hakeem and Mano Ganeshan are expressing some other ideas: This clearly shows that the Opposition front will be a short listed one.

They say this election is not to form a Government. They have also promised a salary increase of Rs. 10,000 to Government servants. However, this will not be an easy task. People too can never be fooled by these false premises, Musthapha said.