Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare S.B. Dissanayake says that if the Sri Lanka’s two major political parties join together for the long-term governance of the country, it would be harmful to the country’s democracy.
He stated that such long-term governance would prompt the people to find alternatives and that most of the time those alternatives are armed movements or the rise of extremist, racist or tribalist groups.
Speaking to reporters in Kandy today (6), the minister dubbed the claims of the Joint Opposition that they would march to the Presidential Palace and surround it as ridiculous and said it would prove difficult for them to even find the people necessary for such a protest march.
However, Dissanayake said, that their clash with the Joint Opposition is a “friendly” one and that around 90% of them believe that the rural voter base is with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
He said that although that was confirmed at the last general election, that voter base is now being attacked.
