Give us power in the village to test us – Bimal
January 11, 2018
Whether the JVP could administer or not cannot be determined without giving us power. As such, give us power at the forthcoming local government election to check we are capable of governing. If we fail or if you think that we are unable to govern you could remain without voting for us at the next election says the National Organizer of the JVP Parliamentarian Bimal Rathnayaka.
He said this speaking at a meeting held at New Town, Kotmale to support the JVP candidates contesting for Kotmale Pradeshiya Sabha.
Mr. Rathnayaka said, “The JVP is contesting for many urban councils, municipal councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas. An individual who forced a lady teacher to kneel down as a punishment has been appointed as an organizer of a main political party and a wife of an individual who had abused a hundred women and celebrated the hundredth abuse too has been given candidature for the election. Despite nomination lists of main political parties were rejected, none of the nomination papers of the JVP that include teams of special and renowned persons has been rejected.
This election is different from the ones that have been held earlier. The new system compiled to replace Basil Rajapaksa’s system that intended to give an advantage to the ruling party is more favourable to the masses. The good qualities of the new system are the ward getting a representative of its own, increase in women’s representation, doing away with the fight for preferential votes and a decrease in poster war.
At present women are the majority in many institutions. However, the presence of women in the political sector is negligible. Only daughters and wives of politicians enter politics before this. They are not aware of the issues confronted by women and ordinary folk in the country. One of the drawbacks of the new system is the burden the people have to bear of maintaining a large number of councillors.
Pradeshiya Sabhas, Urban Councils and Municipalities are places that make people who want to get things done hang about for ages. When we come to power we would take action against anyone – the Chairman, Councilor or officials – who take bribes and accept commissions. We would be alert always to protect people’s assets. Every vote you cast for the JVP will have a value.
Every bad MP in Parliament did not gatecrash but was elected by the people. So, the voter has to take a correct decision when voting.
Today, the main parties do not have any enthusiasm. Hence, we ask the people to vote for the JVP to test us. Let the government know the road it is moving on is wrong. The people can give a signal to the government as the cost of living has become unbearable. The country cannot go forward due to large-scale frauds and corruption committed by the government and their lackeys.”
Kapila Atapattu, who contests the Kotmale Pradeshiya Sabha from JVP also spoke.
