Supporters of Dayasiri, Johnston crossover
A total of 21 Pradeshiya Sabha members and organisers, who supported UNP defectors Dayasiri Jayasekara and Johnston Fernando today pledged to support Maithripala Sirisena together with three other SLFP Pradeshiya Saba members.
The 21 PS members from the North Western Province said they made a unanimous decision to support the common candidate as they wanted to change the dictatorial government.
The supporters also said they were holding discussions with other PS members who were willing to pledge their support to the Common candidate.
PS members from Panduwasnuwara, Bingiriya, Nikaweratiya, Udabaddawa, Kobeigana, Narammala and Allawwa said they would increase Sirisena’s votes by 25,000.
North Western Provincial Council Opposition Leader J. C Alawathuwala said they decided to support Sirisena as they wanted a better future for their children.
“If the President is reelected it his family and children that will gain from it, not our children,” he said.
Alawathuwala said they were not bound to support the President because they have had supported Dayasiri Jayasekara and Johnston Fernando.
“There are a number of people in the SLFP who are doing nothing to support the Presidential campaign. We are holding discussions with these people as well and hope to gather their support as well,” he said.
(Daily Mirror)
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Ane Deviyane Mata una viyoya
Amden,
Are those PS members also Tamils ? Or betrayers of Sinhala nation like me, according to you ?
Mama yako honda Kalu Sinhalayek.
I love all Muslim and Tamil people so that we can make a mufti-ethnic society living in harmony in a single country.
Well said basna..
sensible people will make sensible choices critics will always criticize fools will always believe in falsehood and the ignorant are made fools by the hypocrits
Basnayaka….. //now sinhala people change the misunderstandings about tamil socity// that’s all what you internationally reputed man has learned in life yet know? How much $ you got for publishing these separatist movement ideas to undermine great sinhala buddhist nation. Or are you want to apply milti bullshits yourself. You mind that this living freedom has got by applying milti barrels. Because terrorists had no answer to any other milti system you know? Throw your reputation into the dust bin, what a buddhists? Does a real buddhist one want any reputation from international? You can shit & piss your intl scholarship yourself.
Basnayaka, come on man… Tell what are //the misunderstandings now sinhala people going to change about tamil socity// ??? If you fail to say then you will be the වැඩ බැරි පබාකරන්. Because what you said is Pabakaran’s voice. Where’s this international man who writing here since 2010… behalf of separatist tamils?
Hey Dayasiri,
There’s still a couple of days to go to change your mind. Your ex-boss SP is now in the forefront; maybe, Chief Minister is a bit boring. Maybe seat in RW’s Cabinet a bit more exciting. You can throw shit at RW from there too. C’mon, only one press conference required.