Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is contesting the upcoming general election from Kurunegala, cannot cast his vote there, say elections commissioner’s office sources.
He is a registered voter in Hambantota district, and he can only vote there. Although Rajapaksa is hoping to obtain a high number of votes from Kurunegala, which is the home to most of the armed forces personnel, opinion surveys show that Wayamba chief minister Dayasiri Jayasekara is way ahead of him.
Commenting about this to ‘Lanka News Web’, a SLFP senior said leaders should contest not from areas where they can win easily. True leaders think about the party first, not about themselves. Mahinda should have contested from a district like Kandy where the SLFP is weak. That is the way of true leaders. Or else, he should have contested from his usual Hambantota. This is like Mahinda has fled to Kurunegala as he feared Sajith. Now, he will have to come second to Dayasiri in Kurunegala too.”
