PC Polls:

UPFA will sweep the board

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The SLMC joining with the UPFA to contest in the Eastern PC will be an added advantage Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha told the Daily News yesterday.

Minister Premajayantha

He said, in ethnicity vice, majority of the population in the province are Muslims and the rest are Tamils and Sinhalese.

The TMVP also contests with the UPFA. The UPFA will be able to get over 65 per cent of the total votes in the Eastern PC according to the latest calculations.

This time all ethnicities will be united under UPFA banner to contest in the Eastern PC.

The SLFP has completed the reorganization process of the party and planned special strategies for Tamil dominant areas. Politically the UPFA is stable in all three PCs.

The UPFA will definitely win all three Provincial Councils (PCs) and the government is confident about its victory. A massive development has already taken place in all the three provinces due to numerous development drives launched by the government. The Opposition is in a very weak position while the government is strong and receives the support of the other political parties.

Minister Premajayantha pointed out that the Sri Lankan people have full confidence on President Mahinda Rajapaksa. With all the challenges, still the people can see the development that has been taken place. Investors are coming. Tourism is growing. Infrastructure facilities are being developed countrywide. Roads, expressways, harbours, airports, hospitals, schools, etc are being constructed. These are the direct results of the leadership and the policies of the government. It takes some time to elevate the country’s economy after 30 years of war. Now people are looking forward for the quality of life. The Opposition is weak. The Opposition takes up a slogan time to time. Once it was the price of oil. Now it is that a government cannot adjust oil price on daily basis.

The opposition has a very limited number of slogans now. Drought, crime rate, z-score were some of them. The Opposition does not have a concrete argument and especially a strong leadership to challenge the Government. So what can be expected from such an Opposition ?, Minister Premajayantha questioned.