“Govt will hold the election in the East soon,”

Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva.
Friday, 06 July 2007

“The Government will be taking steps to hold the local government elections in east as soon as possible under the directives of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa,” stated the Senior Vice Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Nimal Siripala de Silva.
Addressing a press briefing today (06), Minister de Silva stated that the Government will be facilitating the citizens of East to elect peoples’ representatives in accordance with their choices through these elections.
He pointed out that the Government has already stretched a vast development programme, a new leaf in the civil administrative structure following the successful liberation of the LTTE controlled areas in the Eastern province.
Minister also pointed out that though the Government has always been persisting in the view that there should be only a negotiated settlement to the ethnic crisis, LTTE has been continuously using it as a means of strengthening their war capability and if the Government re-enters the negotiation table, the LTTE should take it to notice that that they do not use it likewise again.
The discussion was also attended by the Minister of Health Promotion Dayarathna Herath, Western Provincial council Members Kumar Wijesinghe, Mayantha Dissanayaka and other office bearers of the SLFP.