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PC polls ideal for people to express solidarity with MR: Gotabaya

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Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said that with the Geneva sessions coming up in March, the forthcoming Western and Southern Provincial Council polls was a good opportunity for the people to show that they were still with the government and President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Mr. Rajapaksa made these statements at the election campaign launch of Western Provincial Council candidate Udaya Gammanpila in Colombo.

“We have rehabilitated 12,800 LTTE cadres and released them into the society. We have built houses and resettled people in the North while thousands of houses have been allocated for low-income families in Colombo without considering their nationalities, religions or political parties. We held PC elections in the North and appointed their representatives into power. So we have practiced good governance instead of just talking about it and limiting it to words,” Rajapaksa said.

He said this government found solutions for the garbage issue, which was prevalent in the country just as the LTTE terrorism issue.

“Some people ask why the Defence Secretary was removing garbage in the country. That’s because if we can serve the public by removing garbage and cleaning the society then we shall do it for the people’s benefit. We have worked closely with Colombo Mayor Mohamed Muzammil. So close, that even his wife didn’t get nominations to contest the upcoming election from the UNP. That itself shows the good governance of the UNP,” Rajapaksa explained.

Commenting on the March Geneva sessions the Defence Secretary said their ultimate objective is to remove President Mahinda Rajapaksa from office and topple the government so that they can have a president and a government in Sri Lanka that will dance to their tune while spreading their political power and dominance in the Indian Ocean.

“They know that with the current regime and President they cannot divide this nation or fulfill their political agendas. So this upcoming election is a good opportunity for Sri Lankans to show that they are with President Rajapaksa and the government,” he said.

Before concluding Defence Sectary also said that the country needs politicians like Udaya Gammanpila to take the leadership of provincial councils. (Jayashika Padmasiri)

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