Rats jumping off the sinking ship, says Dayasiri Jayasekara

(January 12, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Rats are jumping off the sinking ship and very soon half of the cabinet will be on our side, says UNP parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekera.

Addressing a convention in Kurunegala yesterday for the Muslim community in the area, Dayasiri said that all minorities in the country were with the opposition common candidate General Sarath Fonseka.

The tide is changing now. All minorities in the country are now with us and are gearing up to make Sarath Fonseka victorious.

“The Tamil National Alliance and the Muslim Congress joined us recently. The UNP has a massive Muslim force. The other day, the TNA said that they had around 1.2 million votes and they would work towards General Fonseka's victory without any condition.

“The tide is turning and there are rats jumping of the sinking ship. I wish to state that very soon half of the cabinet will be sitting on this side. However we will have to separate the wheat from the chaff,” said Dayasiri.