‘Two-thirds majority easy task’

Shirley WIJESINGHE

Obtaining a two-thirds majority at the General Election is a comfortable task for the UPFA in terms of the mandate received at the last Presidential Election, Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon said.

There will be no room for Opposition efforts aimed at turning back the tide of the above victory at the General Election, he added.

He was addressing massive crowd at a ceremony organized to mark the commissioning of Electricity Supply Schemes launched with on investment of Rs. 13.2 million in the the villages of Ihala Diggala and Pahala Diggala of Galewela Pradeshiya Sabha recently.

Minister Tennakoon said that the Government is keen to go for constitutional amendments after receiving a two-thirds majority.

Referring to the delay of the project completion, he said it is true there was a delay in obtaining required funds from Sweden. The JVP had taken this opportunity to mislead the village people and organized a protest campaign against the authorities.

“This is a genuine proposal. Today the dream of the residents in the two villages has come true,” he said.

Central Provincial Councillor Pramith Bandara Tennakoon and Galewela Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman M.P.R. Jayathilaka also spoke.