No petty politics or polythene in my campaign - Milinda
Nadira GUNATILLEKE
Colombo’s UPFA mayoral aspirant Milinda Moragoda said Colombo’s rate
payers deserve better returns for the rates they pay, adding that he
would ensure this would be done once he becomes mayor.
Milinda Moragoda |
In an interview with the Daily News the former minister also said he
would stick to his original stand of not using polythene or posters in
his election campaign and would not stress any political aspects of the
contest but focus on development. “What I believe is they (Colombo
citizens) deserve the best for the rates they pay.
The CMC as the service provider should be capable of giving the best
returns for the rate payers of Colombo. Petty party politics, colours
etc do not matter.
This is a competition between policies and not politics, UPFA
candidate for CMC mayorship, Milinda Moragoda told the Daily News
yesterday.
Moragoda said that Colombo citizens are the customers who pay rates.
‘They should be given the best of everything for the rates they pay.
They deserve a clean, beautiful and safe environment to live.
‘They want the job done and no politics or anything else matters to
them. What matters is who can provide this service to them. As a
philosophy, I wish to leave petty politics out and focus on development.
According to Moragoda, under his leadership, he will make Colombo the
economic hub of South East Asia. ‘Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
has a clear vision and he has already done a remarkable service in
recent history to make Colombo a clean and beautiful city. He is the one
who did the most. His work has already laid a superb foundation for
future work, he added.
Moragoda pointed out that his policy of not using banners, posters
and polythene has not changed and he will hold pocket meetings in his
main campaign. ‘I will stick to my previous policy on publicity
campaigns and therefore I will not use banners, posters etc, he said. |