{"id":35444,"date":"2014-11-27T14:23:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T19:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35444"},"modified":"2014-11-27T14:23:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T19:23:10","slug":"jathika-hela-urumaya-vows-to-defeat-mahinda-rajapaksa-at-january-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35444","title":{"rendered":"Jathika Hela Urumaya Vows to Defeat Mahinda Rajapaksa at January Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By
\nDharisha Bastians<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jathika Hela Urumaya, a key constituent of the ruling United People\u2019s Freedom Alliance has vowed to defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January presidential election, but remains undecided on whether it will support the common opposition candidate.<\/em><\/p>\n

The party maintained it would reach a decision after discussing its proposals for constitutional reform and good governance with the Opposition candidate, Maithripala Sirisena.<\/p>\n

After quitting their positions in the Government only early last week, JHU leaders who convened at New Town Hall in Colombo yesterday, made speeches that were dripping with contempt for President Rajapaksa\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe door is now closed on negotiations with President Mahinda Rajapaksa,\u201d former Science and Technology Minister in his Government, Champika Ranawaka told the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will now submit our proposals before the common candidate. Our decision on whether to support his candidature will depend on his policies,\u201d the JHU MP said.<\/p>\n

An angry Ranawaka charged that while people claim every Government in Sri Lanka has been corrupt, what was happening under the current administration was unprecedented robbery.<\/p>\n

Accused by the Government of being part of a Western conspiracy, Ranawaka said the real conspiracy was within the Government. \u201cMinisters inside this regime are dead men walking. The attacks on them, the cartoons, the leaks, come from within the Government. Children don\u2019t run away from happy homes,\u201d he hinted.<\/p>\n

The former Minister accused Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundera of \u201cpocketing\u201d Rs. 48 per litre of petrol.<\/p>\n

\u201cA petrol litre has come down to Rs. 70 in the world market. What is happening to the rest? The people should surround CEB,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n

The battles against corruption on this scale had to transcend party lines, Ranawaka said.
\n\u201cWe are ready to work together with any group that agrees to our main proposals and wants to work on good governance,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no point in being divided, only unity will bring about good governance and change,\u201d he said.
\nJHU Chairman Athuraliye Rathana Thero, who has been the main architect of the party\u2019s rebellion, said President Rajapaksa\u2019s face was on every lamp-post, but he was no longer in the people\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took our proposals to President Rajapaksa. We warned him to bring a check on this excessive power and corruption,\u201d Rathana Thero said.<\/p>\n

The monk added that the JHU had warned the President that if he does not heed their call they would work to defeat him at the next election.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a principled stand. This is courage. We were not afraid to say it. This is how societies are changed,\u201d Rathana Thero said in a charged speech.<\/p>\n

JHU Assistant General Secretary Udaya Gamanpilla condemned President Rajapaksa\u2019s move to release five Indian fishermen who were found guilty in a Sri Lankan court for heroin smuggling.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Daily FT<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Dharisha Bastians The Jathika Hela Urumaya, a key constituent of the ruling United People\u2019s Freedom Alliance has vowed to defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January presidential election, but remains undecided on whether it will support the common opposition candidate. The party maintained it would reach a decision after discussing its proposals for constitutional …<\/p>\n

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