Nimal confirms red light to the government

 Thursday, 10 April 2014 

 

Senior SLFPer, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has confirmed that the recent setback suffered by the governing party at the provincial council elections was a red light to the government.

He has said that despite the establishment of ports, airports, buildings and highways, citizens of Colombo suburbs had not voted for the government as its' conduct lacked the charm needed to attract the public.

He has made this comment at an event to distribute 2,000 land deeds to farmers in the Mahaweli H zone.

“It became apparent at the March 29 elections that even eradicating slums in Colombo and building flats for people who lived in them was futile. We should have let them be in those rubbish holes. If we did, maybe we could have got some more votes,” de Silva has said.

Though expressways were made, village farmers have no use for it. All a farmer needs is the road to his home fixed, access to drinking water and water for his fields, he has been quoted as saying in the media.