UPFA predicts landslide win

Dharma SRI ABEYRATNE

The UPFA will obtain a landslide victory at the forthcoming Local Government elections UPFA party leaders said.

Participating in a media briefing yesterday at the Mahaweli Centre, the party leaders said that the people would be ready to vote for the Government to continue the development activities forward.

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said, the LG institutions are the key institutions in rural development.

Therefore the people tend to vote for the UPFA considering the massive development initiatives carried out throughout the country.

He further said, that the people will cast their votes in favour of the UPFA since all Provincial Councils are under the Government control. Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that the UPFA will go for the election with great confidence since the Government has carried out massive development projects throughout the country.

“Whatever the opposition says, without any doubt the UPFA will win the LG elections,” Minister De Silva added.

Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa said the LG polls will be another historic failure for both UNP and JVP. The President who won the war will definitely win the food crisis, the Minister Weerawansa added. Representing the Hela Urumaya, Western Province Provincial Council Minister Udaya Gammanpila said the Opposition has been weakened to the maximum level. Therefore this upcoming LG polls will be a one horse race.

Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha said that the UPFA will seek the legal advice for the rejected nomination lists. He further said that certain nomination lists would be accepted by the Courts since those have been rejected due to minor technical errors.

Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen pointed out that the Government has been carrying out massive development activities in the North and East. Under this development initiative, infrastructure facilities are being upgraded, new roads and bridges are being constructed while the old roads are being renovated.