Vote President Rajapaksa for prosperity - Devananda

by Anath PALAKIDNAR

Minister of Social Service and the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) leader Douglas Devananda urged voters in the North to re-elect President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the January Presidential poll as he was the leader, who ushered in peace in the North and the East by eradicating LTTE terrorism.

Minister Devananda was speaking at a seminar organised by the Bank of Ceylon office in Jaffna at the Jaffna Public Library auditorium yesterday. Regional manager of the Bank of Ceylon Jaffna N. Sivaratnam presided. Minister Devananda said “The people of Jaffna should not forget the dark days that prevailed for three decades with death and destruction in every nook and corner in the peninsula.

The leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa eradicated terrorism from the country and created peace to pave the way for prosperity.

Therefore to establish the newly dawned peace and to go ahead with the development the people of Jaffna should re-elect President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the Presidential poll in January Davananda said.

Meanwhile UPFA General Secretary and Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha also met SLFP members in Jaffna last week and discussed the election strategies in the region.