People will re-endorse PE verdict - Dr Amunugama

Indika POLKOTUWA, Asela KURULUWANSA and Nihal JAYAWARDENE

Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama who as the district leader handed over the nominations of the UPFA group contesting the Kandy district said the people would re-endorse their Presidential election verdict by giving the UPFA a big majority of seats at the general election. He said that concurrent to the ongoing massive development projects a national program to provide job opportunities to youth would be implemented soon. Youth in the Kandy district would also gain prominence under this program.

He said his group would conduct a peaceful election campaign according to principled politics.

Foreign agents will never be allowed to undermine the national development program launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister and Kandy District UPFA candidate Keheliya Rambukwella when he addressed the media after the handing over of nomination papers at the Kandy District Secretariat yesterday.

Rambukwella said western powers should remember that Sri Lanka was no more a colony of the west.

He said the President as the head of state would never allow any outside force to threaten or challenge the country's sovereignty.

UPFA candidate and Tourism Promotion Minister Faizer Mustapha said Muslim representation in Parliament from the SLFP had been insignificant for the last 40 years. This situation would change for the better at this forthcoming general election.