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Monday, August 10, 2009 - 4.15 GMT |
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Polls results:
Victory of policies to stabilize democracy
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President |
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The
outstanding
victory
achieved
by the
United
People’s
Freedom
Alliance
(UPFA)
in the
elections
held
yesterday
to the
Uva
Provincial
Council
and the
Jaffna
Municipal
Council
is seen
by me as
a
victory
for all
who love
our
motherland.
In a
situation
where
democratic
expression
had been
denied
for
three
decades
by the
forces
of
terror,
the
ability
to hold
elections
no
sooner
terrorism
was
defeated
and thus
providing
the
opportunity
for
democratic
expression
to the
people
of
Vavuniya
and
Jaffna,
is also
seen as
a
victory
of our
policies
to
stabilize
democracy.
I am
humble
in
expressing
satisfaction
at the
repeated
endorsement
by my
people
of the
policies
of the
Mahinda
Chinthana
through
these
electoral
victories.
My
government
and I
attach
the
highest
importance
to our
country
and its
people.
This
renewed
mandate
by the
people
helps
expedite
and
gives
added
strength
and
courage
to our
efforts
to
protect
the
country
and
bring a
new
awakening
to the
lives of
our
people.
I am
especially
grateful
to the
people
of Uva
who
brought
us the
most
outstanding
result
in the
history
of
Provincial
Council
elections.
Similarly,
I
express
my
gratitude
to the
people
of Uva,
Jaffna
and
Vavuniya
for the
positive
and
understanding
response
they
have
given to
my call
to stand
as a
nation
with
dignity,
under a
single
standard.
To
political
parties
and
their
members
who have
not yet
come to
this
viewpoint,
I make
this
another
opportunity
to
invite
them to
stand
together
under a
single
flag of
unity.
I also
take
this
opportunity
to thank
the
Commissioner
General
of
Elections,
his
staff,
all
public
servants,
the
security
forces
and all
those
who
assisted
in the
conduct
of
peaceful,
free and
fair
elections.
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
August
09, 2009
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