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Jaffna hotel rooms mostly occupied by Tamil expats - minister

SLFP Treasurer and Youth Affairs Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said that hotel rooms in Jaffna are mostly being occupied by Sri Lankan Tamils who possess citizenships in foreign countries and not by government officials, MPs or ministers ahead of the local Government Elections in the North, as claimed by certain groups aligned with the Opposition.

The minister was responding to a question by a journalist at a press conference held at the Mahaweli Centre yesterday. He stressed that no state influence had been directed at the election campaigns in the North. He observed that since the permission of the Defence Ministry is no more needed to enter Jaffna, anybody can visit these places and realize the truth for themselves. He noted that ministers and government MPs are accommodated in rented houses which are available in those areas.

Refuting the claim that the government is attempting to bribe voters in the North, the minister said that the government has no necessity to bribe the Northern community when those areas are enjoying freedom, electricity, transport, cultivation and improved security conditions with the gradual removal of High Security Zones.

He also said that the Northern community is honest and truthful and their vote cannot be obtained through bribes. "The recovery rate of loans section in the People's Bank Jaffna branch, even at the height of the war was 95 percent. This is good proof of their honesty", he observed.

 

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