NewsUnited People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary and Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera appeared to throw the government’s Yahapalanaya (Good Governance) principles out of the window this week. He publicly declared that the Government would provide more aid and carry out development work in areas where the party gained more votes at the recent local council elections. “I pointed out to him that I could not tar the road as it belongs to the local Pradeshiya Sabha, that was won by the SLPP. The minister also appeared to blame the media for the Government’s humiliating election loss, stating that negative coverage by some media institutions influenced some people to vote against the Government. “Politicians will now have to decide whether to start their own media institutions, because unless they (the politicians) behave according to the way these media institutions expect them to, it will be difficult to win an election,” he quipped.

Source: Sunday Times March 03, 2018 19:41 UTC