‘Govt’s progressive policies won people’s harts’

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

Deputy Investment Promotion Minister Faiszer Musthapha said that people voted for the Government because of its progressive policies and not that the Opposition is weak. The vast majority of the people have rallied round the Government as it has won the hearts of the minorities.

No change in leadership in the UNP would pose any challenge to the Government. As a member of the SLFP and its Central Committee, I wish to categorically state that the internal struggle within the UNP is not our concern, the Minister told the Sunday Observer yesterday.

“Certain Ministers who are a part of our Government and represent the Muslim community have made some contradictory statements about the Government’s two-thirds majority in Parliament. I call upon them to be sincere as they too are a part of the Government.”

We should maintain mutual trust and respect one another. The manner in which some coalition partners of the Government act goes against the fundamental principles of a coalition Government and dents the supremacy of Parliament, the Deputy Minister said.

“The Government is very stable and has been given a resounding mandate by the masses. If any constituent partner of the Government airs contradictory views on this mandate, it reflects badly on the legislature,” he said.