Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha commends President Rajapaksa

Dharmasiri Wijeratne - Hanwella group correspondent

The Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha at its monthly meeting held recently, passed a resolution commending President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the UPFA government for introducing a new Act to end the preferential system of voting.

The Chairman Jayantha Rohana (UPFA) presenting the motion said that we should be grateful to Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee who was appointed to reform the election law, for the untiring efforts taken by him to win the support of all political parties to pass the Act. He appreciated the role played by members of the committee, ministers as well as all Parliamentarians for and against the government, for their valuable contributions to make it a success. The Chairman further thanked the Maha Sangha and the intellectuals for submitting recommendations for the reforms.

He also thanked the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for the co-operation extended by him, to pass the Act in Parliament.

PS Opposition leader Jayantha Ranawake (UNP) welcoming the resolution said that merely passing it would not suffice. "We have a lot of work to do in the future to implement it. Let us therefore unitedly work hard to achieve the goal of Village Development through the new Act" he said. The motion was passed.