More About Wiggie As “National” Common Candidate
Kusal Perera
“There is a proposal from certain sections in society to nominate Northern Province Chief Minister Wigneswaran as the Common Presidential Candidate at the next presidential polls. We would like to know what the UNP, JVP and DP think about this proposal.” - M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA National List MP
“I believe the opposition parties would not reject this proposal because Wigneswaran is a Tamil.” - Mano Ganeshan, DPF Councillor, WPC
These remarks made at a media briefing held in Colombo on Wednesday 07thMay, was in response to my Sinhala article that appeared in the “Ravaya”newspaper of 04th May and posted in CT Sinhala site, titled, “Wignes as Common Candidate – Challenge To The Opposition”. Extracts from the article on the proposal were immediately carried as news reports in web media too. Since then, during the last few days, I have been thrust into many political scrums. Interestingly, none so far from the Sinhala lobby accused me, but some from the “Leftist” fringe and some “liberalists” did, for (01) creating confusion in the Opposition, in support of President Rajapaksa (02) creating a new platform for “separatism” the Tamil Diaspora would use and (03), helping further division in society by proposing a candidate, the South will not accept.
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