UPFA voters at Monaragala reject Rajapaksa family

SUNDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2014

44231 who were among those who voted for the UPFA at the Uva PC election have voted against the Rajapaksa family rule. At the PC election in 2009 out of the 159,837 votes polled by the UPFA Sasheendra Rajapaksa received 136,697 preference votes. It was 81% of the number of votes UPFA polled.

This time UPFA polled 140,850 votes from Monaragala District and the number of preference votes Mr. Rajapaksa polled was only 96,619. 44,231 voters for the UPFA have refrained from casting their preference vote to Mr. Sasheendra Rajapaksa. Compared to 2009, 18,987 people have refrained from voting the UPFA this time.

Vasu looking for scapegoats

MONDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2014 

A change in the administrative system and the economic policy should be considered as the vote base of the UPFA has gone down considerably at the Uva PC election says the Minister of National Languages and Social Integration Vasudeva Nanayakkara.

The Minister points out that the  opposition has been able to reap the advantage of the frustration of the downtrodden whose abodes have been destroyed  and their self employment avenues abolished due to the move by Urban Development Authority to remove them from urban areas and grab their lands.

The failure to increase salaries of the state sector and the inability to meet their ends meet have made the working masses oppose government’s policies says one time Trotskyite.

He says the UPFA has been given a strong signal by the fact that the JVP has been able to attract votes of those who are frustrated due to the UPFA policies and new votes.

Mr. Nanayakkara says the ruling party should draw its attention to the fact that its vote base has come down to 55%.