United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena stated yesterday that, for the first time, the people in the North have shown unprecedented trust in a party from the South, which he views as a positive development.
“This is a very special occasion in the election history of the country.
The people in the north have placed trust in a political party in the South even though different political parties with various forces are operating in the North and East, he said.
He said that the representatives of the people in the North will join in the governance actively by becoming Cabinet Ministers which is a good sign.“We, as Sri Lankans see this as a
victory achieved by Sri Lanka.We express our happiness regarding this,” he said.
Abeywardena said that although various Tamil leaders represented the Cabinet after independence, they were elected from their own parties.
He said that Minister Douglas Devananda was in the Cabinet but he did not represent a party from the South.
He said that they held discussion about contesting the upcoming Local Government election under elephant symbol as the United National Party without any coalition with others.
“We must remember two things when contesting. One is that the people of the country have largely refrained from voting. A vast majority are mainly members of the defeated political parties. They may have expectations regarding certain factors. Also, the government led by the current President has achieved a historic victory. We commend them for that. And this is a special opportunity for Sri Lanka,”he said.
He added that the government led by the current President has a lot of changes to make. “Now they cannot say that it cannot be done.From this moment on, the current President and the government have the challenge of how to use that powerful weapon for the good of the 22 million people.
According to the political philosophy we believe in, the current government should win the challenges they have undertaken economically as well as domestically both here and abroad. We
as Sri Lankan people should not hinder them in that. We as Sri Lankans have to wait and see how they will give the Sri Lankan public the amount of hope they gave the Sri Lankan people.
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