VIDEO: UNP raises concerns over Puttalam ballot paper controversy
September 26, 2013 04:41 pm
The
UNP raised its serious concerns regarding the three bags of marked ballot
papers found at a counting centre in Puttalam while raising doubts and questions
about the outcome of the elections.
Speaking
at a press conference in Colombo today (September 26) UNP MP Harin Fernando
stated that serious doubts have arisen over the tampering of the Provincial Council
elections after UPFA candidate and former UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekera spoke
about “computer jilmart”.
He
said that he could not accept the comments made by the Elections Commissioner
on this incident stating that he did not take the situation seriously and had
dismissed as a mere careless mistake. MP Fernando added that if this country
trusted in authorities that were so inefficient, it was in real trouble.
He
also admitted that his own party had several shortcomings and that this was not
an attempt to find an excuse for the UNP’s loss at the elections. The MP even
wished Dayasiri Jayasekera the best of luck and thanked all those who kept their
spine straight and contested in the elections.
The
UNP parliamentarian expressed his happiness that Jayasekera was able to
withstand various undermining efforts by Johnston Fernando to win the election.
