Politicians won’t plunder under ward system: Minister

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People’s representatives would not have to plunder public funds after the introduction of the new electoral ward system as the new system would not necessitate them to spend millions of rupees on election campaigns, Irrigation and water Management minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

Speaking at the function to inaugurate the new building for the Ridimaliyadda Pradeshiya Sabha in the Badulla District on Saturday the Minister said that under the ward system in elections people’s representatives would not have to fight each other for preferential votes and also they would not have to spend exorbitant amounts of monies on election campaigns.

Elaborating the way corruption had escalated owing to the present Proportional Representation (PR) system he said that candidates had to spend millions of rupees to garner support from all over a district which compelled them to loot public funds in order to earn what they had spent during the elections.(Nishantha Kumara)

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Pink Panther Sunday, 27 January 2013 05:58 PM

With this statement, you have told us as to how you have come to power. Shame on you the so called patriots. What ever systems is adapted a rouge is a rouge. The voters need to consider if they intend to vote in future elections.

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FOOL Sunday, 27 January 2013 06:49 PM

you fool is always a fool but hero on a corrupt system !
people must act now !

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Dav Sunday, 27 January 2013 07:01 PM

So this chap (supposedly a leader of the people) ACCEPTS that the politicians LOOT PUBLIC FUNDS! How appalling! He obviously has no sense of self respect. Is this the lesson he teached his kids? Is this the lesson that the nation should learn? Ideally such a statement should put him firmly in bars and establish the start of an inquiry to put them all in - one by one into a big old ship and hope that they will never be seen by civilisation ever again. All these losers don't need God with all that they have robbed the nation of. But they don't know whats coming. Sad because there is a God of Justice. It is said that the sins of the forefathers go down the generations...

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Lankan Monday, 28 January 2013 02:53 AM

Re danial dawal migel. now he said who is politicians.

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perumal Monday, 28 January 2013 03:05 AM

Good! But what about the billions plundered by the top (family) and others close to the top. Will the return loot to the national treasury?

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raviraj Monday, 28 January 2013 04:02 AM

so he is accepting that all these days they have been looting, what ever the necessity.

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