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by Anura Maitipe President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday said it was the
crying need of the hour to rid the country of corrupt politicians.
"Since 1977, politics has become a money spinning business and honest
and educated people who can serve the country immensely are not willing to
enter politics", she said addressing teachers and Government
officials at President's House. Freedom Alliance charges: Most corrupt Government in history by Uditha Kumarasinghe The Freedom Alliance yesterday accused the UNF Government of the last
two years of being arguably, the most corrupt Government ever in the
history of Sri Lanka. "The scale and the speed at which the country
and its poor were robbed would dismay even a confirmed cynic," former
PA Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera told a media briefing at Taj
Samudra hotel yesterday. Polling in uncleared areas: UNP ploy to support LTTE vote rigging by Anura Maitipe and Uditha Kumarasinghe Pressure mounted on the Elections Commissioner by the UNP to hold
elections in uncleared areas is a ploy to extend indirect support to the
LTTE for vote rigging in uncleared areas to help TNA secure more seats in
the North, PA General Secretary D. M. Jayaratne told the Daily News. PM stresses need to continue ceasefire by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday stressed the necessity
of continuing the current Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) to move forward the
country towards peace and economic prosperity. "This agreement has
greatly helped to strengthen the country. Therefore, it is necessary to
safeguard this agreement in order to move forward the country, the Premier
told an election rally in Mahara last evening. Other Stories |
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