28 Dec 2014
මුස්‌ලිම් කලාපයට ජනපති එකඟ නොවීම නිසා හකීම්ලා රජයෙන් ගියා
- ඇමැති සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්‌ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය වෙනම මුස්‌ලිම් කලාපයක්‌ ඉල්ලා සිටියද ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා එයට එකඟ නොවීම නිසා කොංග්‍රසය රජය හැර ගිය බව එක්‌සත් ජනතා නිදහස්‌ සන්ධානයේ මහලේකම් සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත මහතා ඊයේ පැවැති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.
එක්‌සත් ජනතා නිදහස්‌ සන්ධානය කිසිම විටක දේශපාලන පක්‍ෂවල අන්තවාදී ඉල්ලීම්වලට නතු නොවන බවද හෙතෙම කීය. මුස්‌ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය 2005 දී රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාට සහාය ලබා දුන් අතර 2010 සරත් ෙෆdන්සේකා මහතාටත් 2010 මහ මැතිවරණයේදී එක්‌සත් ජාතික පක්‍ෂයෙන් ඡන්ද ඉල්ලූ බවත් මෙහිදී ඇමැතිවරයා අවධාරණය කළේය.
කල්මුණේ. සමන්තුරේ හා පොතුවිල් එක්‌කර වෙනම දිස්‌ත්‍රික්‌කයක්‌ ලබා ගැනීම ඔවුන්ගේ මූලික අභිප්‍රාය බවද ඇමැතිවරයා කීය.
වාර්ගික පදනමින් දිස්‌ත්‍රික්‌ක ඇතිකිරීම කොහෙත්ම කළ නොහැකි බව හෙතෙම අවධාරණය කළේය.
http://www.divaina.com/2014/12/29/news03.html

Refusal to carve out new district is the reason-SLFP
2014-12-28 17:03:52

While claiming that the decision of the SLMC to leave the government would not affect the vote base of President Mahinda Rajapaksa or the election campaign or, the SLFP today said that refusal to carve out an ethnically demarcated new district in the east was the reason for the SLMC to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena.



General Secretary of the UPFA, Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha said, Minister Hakeem wanted the government to agree to establish an ethnically significant new district in the present Ampara District that includes Kalmunai, Sammanthurai and Pottuvil and the government right throughout maintained that it will affect the territorial integrity and unitary character of the country. Therefore, President Rajapaksa flatly rejected that demand,” Minister Premajayantha said.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/59857/refusal-to-carve-out-new-district-is-the-reason-slfp

He added that demarcating new administrative districts on ethnic basis would pose many a threat to the future of the country. If another ethnic group demanded a separate district on the same line for their people the government has to oblige by it as well and there will not be an end to those demands. Mr. Hakeem must reveal now whether he decided to support common opposition candidate with the aim of obtaining a new district for Muslims.

Minister Premachandra said the decision of the SLMC would not affect the election campaign of President Rajapaksa as even in 2010 the SLMC did not support President Rajapaksa’s Presidential campaign. They contested the General Election from the UNP that followed.

“We have information that the TNA is also campaigning covertly in the north in support of common opposition candidate. The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) of Rishad Badhiutheen also supports common opposition candidate. This is the conspiracy against the government that we are talking about,” Minister Premajayantha tressed.

Former Deputy General Secretary of the JHU, Western Provincial Councilor Udaya Gammanpila said it was unfair to compare low cost construction of expressways in Africa with that of Sri Lanka and added expert assessments and exposure o the frauds allegedly involved with Expressway construction in Sri Lanka were incorrect.

Commenting on Mr. Hakeem’s decision to support Maithripala, he said it was surprising that why Hakeem took a long time to show his true colours and added he could not understand how JHU leaders accept SLMC’s policies.

Kaduwela Mayor G.H. Budhadasa said the rumors that he was to leave the SLFP to support common opposition candidate was a work of his political opponents.

“I was bornn a SLFPer and will die as an SLFPer. I will not leave SLFP even if President Rajapaksa left,” he said. (Sandun A Jayasekera)
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