7 September 2024 06:30 pm Views - 3551
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today told the people in the North not to change their voting pattern.
President Wickremesinghe was responding to the remark made by National People's Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake who, the other day had told the Northern people to follow the same pattern followed by the people in the South. "You voted for Sarah Fonseka in 2010 while people in the South voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa but nothing happened to you. You voted for Maithripala Sirisena in 2015 while the Sourthen people voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa.
However, nothing has happened to you. You voted for Sajith in 2019 but the Sourthen people voted for Gotabaya Rajapaksa. However, Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not harass you. Keep up with this pattern and I will guarantee that nothing will happen to you," he told a public rally in Jaffna.
"Anura Kumara Dissanayake should tender an apology to the Northern people for inflicting undue influence while he should apologise to the Sinhalese people for bringing disrepute to them. Also don't waste your franchise and therefore do not vote for Sajith either," he added.