President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that NPP has won the hearts of all communities across the country on Saturday. “This is the first time in the history of the country that every community has united in their trust in a singular national movement”.
The President was speaking the NPP candidates contesting the upcoming Parliamentary Election in Battaramulla on Saturday.
A section of the audience.
“Muslims in the Eastern Province along with the Tamils in the Northern Province and the Plantation sector have placed trust in us for the first time. It is evident that their voices resonate more powerfully than during the Presidential Election at the upcoming Parliamentary Election, he said.
It has now been confirmed that the people in the North are ready to work with us if their representatives are not willing to work with us”.
The President said that the NPP will achieve massive victory in the North, East and the plantation sector at the Parliamentary Election.
He emphasised the significance of obtaining Parliamentary power in the upcoming elections set for November 14, in order to effectively implement the National People’s Power (NPP) agenda towards a transformative direction.
President Dissanayake stressed the importance of establishing a mechanism supported by robust political leadership to change the existing state of affairs.
“In the General Election of 2010, the Government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa secured a two-thirds majority in Parliament. However, five years later, they faced defeat. In 2020, Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s administration also gained a two-thirds majority in Parliament. Nevertheless, within a span of two and a half years, they lost their parliamentary power, resulting in the President’s resignation”, he said.
The President is of the view that strong power extends beyond merely the number of representatives in Parliament.
“Strong power in Parliament does not mean the number of heads in Parliament in our favour. It encompasses both a quantitative and qualitative representation that society anticipates”, he said.
He said that the people witnessed the extent of financial resources, media influence, and Governmental authority possessed by the opposing faction during the last Presidential Election.
“They were so strong that they proposed a salary increase for Government servants on the eve of postal voting. However, the people placed their trust in us and cast their votes in our favour”, he said.
He said that the National People’s Power has been assigned a role in reforming the Parliament as per the will of the people. “We have been tasked with the duty of establishing a Parliament made up of individuals of high calibre, and it is our obligation to transform the expectations of the people into reality”.
“The accusations made by our opponents during the Presidential Election have ultimately backfired. It is essential that we focus on presenting only constructive and realistic criticism of the opposing parties”.
He added that rival political parties have weakened to such an extent that they have very little to speak on political platforms.
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