Friday, January 2, 2015

Corruption is rife in several sectors: Dr. Harsha de Silva

-January 2, 2015
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is carrying out projects initiated by Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2003, United National Party Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silvastressed. 
“What the Defence Secretary is doing is taking ad hoc projects from the Singaporean plan that Ranil Wickremesinghe came up with in 2003 and implementing it. They are just paving it with red bricks and saying we did it,” asserted de Silva. 
He also spoke about immediate measures needed to be taken to resurrect the country and revive its economy under a new administration. 
Following are excerpts from the interview:
UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva -January 2, 2015
Q: We are a few days away from the presidential election. How would you describethe current situation? 
A:We haven’t been this optimistic about an outright victory since 2001. We are absolutely confident that we will carry this with a significant majority. Our poll predictions,conducted scientifically by various academics and organisations, all indicate a Maithripala Sirisena win.