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Mano Ganeshan to decide about his alliance this evening
Mon, 2011-10-10 15:10 — editor
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Colombo, 10 October, (Asiantribune.com):
Mano Ganeshan, the leader of the Democratic People’s Front said he will be deciding about their position in the two Municipalities and in the Urban Council after a decision at the Presidium meeting schedule for this evening in Colombo.
He told Asian Tribune that UNP has already approached him for the support of his 6 councilors, whom his party has bagged in the Colombo Municipality.
He said that he can’t decide anything alone, but it is his party that has to resolve and direct him of the future course action.
Given below the excerpts of the Interview Asian Tribune had with Mano Ganeshan, the leader of the Democratic People’s Front:
Asian Tribune: Congratulation for winning 6 seats in the Colombo Municipality and one each in the Dehiwela Mount Lavania Municipality and at the Kolonnawa Urban Council elections. I want to know your next move?
Mano Ganeshan: Thank you very much. We will be deciding tonight. Our Party’s Presidium Committee is meeting tonight. We will have to discuss all the available options and come to a conclusion.
Asian Tribune: There is a report to say that UNP has already approached you?
Mano Ganeshan: Yes UNP… obviously they will approach, you know.
Asian Tribune: What else you like to tell?
Mano Ganeshan: Well at the moment, I don’t want to commit anything. Our party is a democratic party, not only in name, but also in the real sense of it.
Therefore, as I said in the beginning that we will have to discuss and then come up with our next move. I also take this opportunity thank my voters who have placed confidence in us. I also wish to assure them that we will never betray the mandate.
Asian Tribune: What is the mandate you are speaking of?
Mano Ganeshan: The mandate specially the Tamil people in the region of Colombo, Dehiwela and Kolonnawa have placed confidence in me. During the election campaign those in the Government, as well as in the opposition made accusation against me and some of them went up to the level of character assassination and amidst all these things, a sizeable number of people has placed confidence in me and that is a respectable mandate which I have received against all the odds.
Asian Tribune: In fact according to reports, 60% of the voters in the Colombo municipal area are non Sinhala people. But you have only got 6 seats. Why you couldn’t get more from the non Sinhala speaking voters?
Mano Ganeshan: The problem is that this is being a local government election and a large section of the Tamil people has simply kept away from voting in this election. So this mental tendency of the voters also had an impact.
Asian Tribune: If all those Tamils would have voted, how many seats you would have got.
Mano Ganeshan: we got 6 seats. But that cannot be answered.
Furthermore, under this proportionate voting system nobody can foresee the number seats one party can win. We have polled 26,000 votes and have 6 seats, but some parties have received very less votes, but they have received two seats.
- Asian Tribune -
