‘Bigger victory at Southern Province’

The people of Uva by endorsing the UPFA program of work by more than a two thirds majority has cast a major responsibility for voters in the Southern Province to provide a still bigger boost to that people’s mandate, said Shan Wijayalal de Silva, former Chief Minister of the Southern Province commenting on the results of the Uva Provincial Council elections.

The statement added that people of Uva Wellassa had utilised their Provincial Council election to strengthen the hands of the President who is striving hard to steer the country towards an era of development after defeating terrorism and unifying it under a single banner.

The Uva result also showed that a large section of UNPers too had voted UPFA as a tribute to the President for eradicating the menace of terrorism. The results also proved that the Badulla district considered a safe UNP bastion had tilted towards the UPFA. The message is loud and clear and that is the UNP and its leadership had no option other than supporting the UPFA program of nation building work without resorting to various conspiracies aimed at undermining it.

The Government had already put a development program in place for Uva Wellassa which is both their good fortune and the statement further added that the JVP which won a large degree of public confidence at the previous Provincial elections was decimated this time due to the wrong policies adopted by it.

The efficiency of the UPFA Chief Ministerial candidate Shasheendra Rajapaksa and his close ties with the people of Uva too contributed towards the convincing victory of the UPFA.

The Southern Province is the birthplace of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and as such people in the Province are already showing signs of a re-awakening to offer the UPFA government even a bigger victory than in Uva at the forthcoming Provincial Council elections and he would therefore request them to come forward and offer a historic win to the Government to support its nation building effort, the former Chief Minister said.