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Friday, August 30, 2013
FOUR UPFA CANDIDATES THREATEN TO QUIT
By Ananth Palakidnar-2013-08-30
Four United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates in the North have warned they would withdraw from contesting under the UPFA at the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) polls and resign from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), unless the Party hierarchy takes legal action against the supporters of the Jaffna SLFP Organizer, Angajan Ramanathan and his father, who had fired gunshots in the Chavakachcheri area at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The four UPFA candidates, Mudiyappu Remedius, A. Sarvananthan, Akiladas and Ponnambalam, held a special press conference at the Jaffna Press Club on Wednesday (28), on the Chavakachcheri shooting incident. Mudiyappu Remedius, who had crossed over to the UPFA from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) had said, it was ridiculous that the supporters of candidates of the same Party are clashing with each other.
"We have complained to the Commissioner of Elections, Mahinda Deshapriya, and to the UPFA General Secretary, Minister Susil Premajayantha, over the incident. If the UPFA does not take any action against the shooting and against the people who were involved in it, we will withdraw from the election and even resign from the SLFP," Remedius warned.
Sarvananthan, another candidate said, he narrowly escaped from the gunshots fired at him, allegedly by the supporters of Ramanathan and his father. "I ducked when he fired the gun. But, one of my supporters, who was standing next to me was injured and is currently receiving treatment at the Chavakachcheri Hospital," he said.
Other two candidates, Akiladas and Ponnambalam, demanded legal action against the gun-toting fellow UPFA supporters and warned that they would also resign from their candidature and from the SLFP.
By Ananth Palakidnar-2013-08-30Four United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates in the North have warned they would withdraw from contesting under the UPFA at the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) polls and resign from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), unless the Party hierarchy takes legal action against the supporters of the Jaffna SLFP Organizer, Angajan Ramanathan and his father, who had fired gunshots in the Chavakachcheri area at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The four UPFA candidates, Mudiyappu Remedius, A. Sarvananthan, Akiladas and Ponnambalam, held a special press conference at the Jaffna Press Club on Wednesday (28), on the Chavakachcheri shooting incident. Mudiyappu Remedius, who had crossed over to the UPFA from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) had said, it was ridiculous that the supporters of candidates of the same Party are clashing with each other.
"We have complained to the Commissioner of Elections, Mahinda Deshapriya, and to the UPFA General Secretary, Minister Susil Premajayantha, over the incident. If the UPFA does not take any action against the shooting and against the people who were involved in it, we will withdraw from the election and even resign from the SLFP," Remedius warned.
Sarvananthan, another candidate said, he narrowly escaped from the gunshots fired at him, allegedly by the supporters of Ramanathan and his father. "I ducked when he fired the gun. But, one of my supporters, who was standing next to me was injured and is currently receiving treatment at the Chavakachcheri Hospital," he said.
Other two candidates, Akiladas and Ponnambalam, demanded legal action against the gun-toting fellow UPFA supporters and warned that they would also resign from their candidature and from the SLFP.
http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-41349-news-detail-four-upfa-candidates-threaten-to-quit.html
