Ministers use May Day to show their power to the President

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

Government ministers have decided to use the May Day celebrations to show their powers to the President, a senior official from the SLFP Headquarters said. The ministers who have come to such an agreement are the ones who have been sidelined by the President.

These ministers have decided to participate in the May Day rally with large crowds in order to boost their images. Therefore they have made arrangements to bring down a large crowd for the May Day.

While the ministers who are disgruntled with the President are working to get down a large crowd, some other ministers and electoral organizers have said it was difficult to bring crowds due to the difficulties faced by them as a result of the rising cost of living.

Coordinators of the government’s May Day celebrations, Minster Dullas Alahapperuma and MP Namal Rajapaksa used intimidation as a tactic to bring down crowds.

The unemployed graduates and state employees waiting to be made permanent in their jobs have been informed that it was compulsory for them to attend the May Day celebrations if they wanted to receive permanent employment in the state sector.