DEFEAT TERRORISM AND LIBERATE
THE NATION IS THE SOLE ASPIRATION OF THE MASSES
A massive setback for Plaincloth Eelamists
JVP enters the march to regression
A.A.M.NIZAM MATARA.
The toiling masses of the North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces
who cherish the motherland than their own self have clearly rejected
the Kurunduwatte Chintanaya of genuflecting in front of the terrorists
and the Rowdy Sankalpaya of the JVP and endorsed the contemporary need
to liberate the North from the clutches of the terrorist outfit and
emancipate the masses holed up in the two remaining districts under
the jackboots of the terrorist megalomaniac. The champions of the Kurunduwatte
Chintanaya enslaved to concepts of all forms of betrayal sans patriotism
together with Plaincloth Eelamists camouflaged under foreign funded
outfits made a concerted effort pumping millions of dollars to sway
the masses. These treacherous elements were vociferously assisted by
the dejected clan professing a rowdy sankalpaya in politics by mobilizing
their islandwide strength to storm the four districts. In the face of
the aforementioned allurements and threats the prudent verdict given
by the toiling masses in Saturday’s election is a great victory
and a massive moral boost to our gallant security forces.
Although the election turned out to be a referendum on the policies
of the government, the government was forced to hold the elections due
to the high handedness of the new found UNP-JVP nexus with the strength
of their combined seat positions. With their boisterous pronouncements
and anti-social manouvers the unholy alliance made both the Councils
ungovernable. The JVP forgot the fact that they were able to muster
that number of seats only because the SLFPers gave preference votes
for them as it was what happened in the 2004 General Election as well.
The Plaincloth Eelamists who were starved of opportunities to throw
their weight against the operation to annihilate the terrorists, to
defame the government, and provide oxygen to vanishing terrorists the
election gave a mammoth opportunity to consolidate their efforts and
resources to bolster the anti-government elements and attempt to force
a revision to the Northern Operation.
The bootlickers of these Plaincloth Eelamists in the media mafia and
other nefarious outfits camped in the two provinces and worked overtime
to mislead the general public, threaten and misguide the voters and
build up a massive campaign against the government candidates.
The Lap Dogs of the UNP writing in the notorious rag sheets famed for
misleading the puboic claimed that as per a “ surveys commissioned
by the President, the candidates Berty Premalal Dissanayake and Mahipala
Herath were unpopular due to several allegations of large scale corruption
and a long history of violence and thuggery, and the election would
enable the UNP to close its margins in the districts of Anuradhapura
and Ratnapura while winning the districts of Polonnaruwa and Kegalle.”?
They also showered much praise on JVP and claimed that the JVP will
hold the balance of power in the two provinces, but will not align with
the government.
The amount of money thrown in by the UNP and its candidates were colossal.
The English Weekly “Nation”? in its last edition had to say
the following on this aspect. “The sheer amount of money being
expended on the elections is staggering. Luxury vehicles, mostly gas
guzzling SUVs whizzing around bedecked with stickers are a common sight
in Sabaragamuwa, while UNP candidates Nihal Jayawardene and Sandith
Samarasinghe told the Nation that they were spending around Rs.10 million
each on the campaign.Other candidates reportedly made payments topping
Rs.20 million to purchase buildings as election offices. Given the high
number of candidates it is obvious that the money being poured into
this election will amount to several hundred million rupees.” ?
It was also reported in the media that the UNP candidate Rt. General
Janaka Perera was spending more than Rs. 300,000 per day for his personal
expenses alone.
The UNP as a responsible political party has a duty and responsibility
to the people to disclose the source of this massive funding and what
each of these candidates spending to the tune 10 to 20 million expected
to get in return, or provide in return to their funding sources. If
the UNP fails to disclose this vital information a mass agitation should
be launched on this matter as there is all possibility of subversion
against the sovereignty of this nation, through such funds.
Attempts made by the UNP and the Plaincloth Eelamists to project the
election as an undemocratic operation with allegation of violence, intimidation
etc, with the hidden motive of defaming the government in the international
arena presenting artificial allegations invented by their own outfits
such as CAFFE playing clandestine roles did not bear fruit. The American
Ambassadors unethical move of meeting the Election Commissioner was
also a part of these internationaisation designs. The incident free
violence free atmosphere on the election day dispelled all these sinister
moves.
On the other hand the JVP afflicted with a terminal disease of belligerency
placed over confidence on their strength and made boisterous claims
on their illusory prospects. Unlike the shameless deceptive move made
by SLMC in the Eastern Province, it was this over confidence that led
Wasantha Samarasinghe to resign from his Parliamentary seat and enter
the fray from the North Central Province. They mistakenly believed that
they could muster voters confidence and the whole party apparatus from
the Central Committee members down to grassroot party cadres stormed
the four districts under party dictates and worked hard throughout the
election period involving themselves in canvassing, intimidating or
even threatening the voters wherever necessary, similar to Lalkantha’s
threats that a handful of their members could completely wreck Berty
Premalal Dissanayake’s propaganda machinery.
The results clearly indicate that the JVP is facing an irreversible
decline in its popularity. The 10 – 12% of votes it managed to
get in the last local government election has dwindled pathetically,
despite some of their strongmen hailing from the areas which faced the
election. Districtwise they could get only 5.31% of votes polled in
the Anuradhapura (Lalkantha’s stronghold) with one PC member, 4.09%
in Polonnaruwa without a single PC member, 2.06% in Ratnapura with one
PC member, and 2.44% in Kegalla with one PC member.
This election has completely shattered a long held myth that the SLFP
can never win an election without entering into a coalition partnership
with leftist parties. The election clearly indicated people’s mistrust
in the JVP and the President is capable of veering majority of the voters
other than the die hard orthordox and rich urbanites to support him.
The electon is also a prediction on the fate of JVP in a future General
Election.
It was the enormous confidence reposed on the President by the masses
and the acumen of the President that helped the UPFA candidates to win
this election, overcoming the massive anti-government campaign launched
by the Plaincloth Eelamists and the JVP, and win all the 27 electorates
in the four districts. It is the duty and responsibility of the newly
elected members and the Chief Ministers to safeguard the people’s
confidence in the President and solve the dire needs of the poor masses
which are reported to be rampant in the Sabaragamuwa Province.
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