"Govt. is breaking all records on promise breaking"

(July 10, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) UNP M.P. and Gen. Secretary Tissa Attanayake addressing the media today (10 July) at the UNP media unit said , this is the first time Sri Lanka witnessed a Government which succeeded in breaking the record on promise breaking. Since this Govt. came to power it has been ruthlessly riding on the backs of the people giving false promises at elections time only to be broken at its whims and fancies after winning . It promised daily milk for the children . Now the pail of milk and the Govt. .have toppled over , he added.

Winning elections by foul means and continuing in power even by resorting to unlawful measures are the only aims of the Govt. Even the forthcoming elections , Uva, Jaffna nad Vavuniya are ridden with lawless activities which have already begun . State assets are being used by the Govt. while the UNP are being obstructed from carrying out its campaign freely, by the Govt. restricting free movement to the North. The UNP had met the Elections Commissioner (EC) in this connection . The EC has agreed to look into the complaints , he asserted.

The thrust of the UNP’s election campaign will be the Govt.’s fiscal bungling, corruption and bankruptcy of policies and plans to alleviate the acute sufferings of the masses and development of the country , he noted. Though the Govt. justifies its ruthless actions and the economic breakdown by giving false promises , the actual reason for this unprecedented economic disaster is the raging corruption in the Govt. , unplanned economy, false optimism , wasteful programs and monumental losses in the Govt. sector . The worst part of all these blunders is the Govt.’s failure to take any action to stop the raging lawlessness ,corruption and losses in its sector and Ministries , and trying to recoup these losses through burdening the masses by endless taxation , price hikes on essential goods and tariff increases. As a result , those of its ‘men’ responsible for these misdeeds are further encouraged to commit more anti social and anti national crimes. This has created a vicious spiral, as more crimes are committed , the more the swindlers and corrupt individuals are encouraged, he lamented.

-Sri Lanka Guardian