President will poll 61 per cent of votes - Lakshman Yapa

President will poll 61 per cent of votes - Lakshman Yapa


Thursday, 21 January 2010
Minister of Mass Media and Information, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana, today reiterated that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would poll 61% of the votes at the upcoming Presidential election.
Addressing the Media, at the Ministry of Information today, the Minister predicted at least one million majority for the President. He attributed the decrease in the votes of General Sarath Fonseka to be the unbecoming conduct of Fonseka who used abusive words on the election platform.“People will not like the dictatorial attitude of General Fonseka”, the Minister added. He further said the JVP was creating a fear psychosis in the country threatening civilians to surrender their Identity Cards. Elaborating on the ‘Mahinda Chinthana’ manifesto, the Minister said every Samurdi family will receive Rs 1000, with an additional allowance for children under 3 years old. For self employment Rs 100,000 will be offered. The minister said that adequate security will be provided to the civilians to cast their votes on the Election Day.