Opposition, a bee-hive sans queen bee - Transport Minister
Today the opposition is like a bee hive without
the queen bee and all the workers there, are badly disintegrated,
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. Addressing a ceremony
after opening the Dikwella Pradeshiya Sabha building complex
constructed at a cost of Rs. 50 million on Friday, Minister
Alahapperuma said politicians like Ranil, Sampanthan, Mano Ganeshan,
Hakeem and Mangala Samaraweera who closed in around the bee hive had
left it as soon as Sarath Fonseka was arrested and added that others
such as Anura Kumara and Wijitha Herath were still clinging onto it
with tears in their eyes.
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Present election system must go - PM
The electoral system of the country under the
preferential vote system should be changed as it has created
unhealthy rivalry among both candidates and voters. It has also
treated division and confusion, Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickramanayaka said yesterday. For this purpose, he called upon
voters to give a two thirds majority in Parliament for the UPFA at
the General Election on April 8, to bring in constitutional
amendments to change the electoral system and much needed changes in
other spheres as well.
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