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Rajapakse regime offers ‘bribes’ to halt exodus of its local body leaders : After Panadura mayor, another from Matale exits

(Lanka-e-News -17.Nov.2014, 10.30PM) The UPFA mayor of Panadura municipal council , Nandana Gunatileke day before yesterday resigned from the party as well as his mayoral post . This was closely followed by another Rajapakse regime Matale Ambanganga Korale local body chairman Sunil Wijetileke who too decided to resign from his chairman post and his party increasing further the number of Rajapakse regime local body leaders who are abandoning their party and resigning their official posts. This is being seen by one and all as an unequivocal confirmation of the disillusionment and disgust that are raging within the rank and file of the regime.

Earlier on Wijetileke had been the chairman of the Ambatenne Korale local body on three occasions , and as its opposition leader twice. Wijetileke who said he will not join the opposition , and he is giving up politics had lashed out , ‘what the present politicos are avidly engaging in are : lining their pockets ; somehow via some illegal means or other amassing wealth ; some are selling arrack and beer illicitly; while others are bringing in heroin (kudu) and ethanol. Hence politics truly cannot be pursued.’ He made this announcement to a broadcasting channel.

Meanwhile with the exodus of the regime’s UPFA local body leaders , the regime in a desperate bid has started a bribe giving methodology to close their exodus route. That is , it has raised the emoluments of the representatives of the provincial administration.

Accordingly , the allowance of Rs. 5000.00 made hitherto to a local body member has been increased to Rs. 15000.00; that paid to a Vice chairman has been increased from Rs. 6500.00 to Rs. 20,000.00; that paid to a chairman has been increased from Rs. 10,000.00 to Rs. 25000.00

The allowances of Municipal council (MC ) representatives have been increased as follows :

MC member : from Rs. 7000.00 to Rs. 20,000.00

A deputy mayor : from Rs. 10,000.00 to Rs. 25000.00

A mayor : from Rs. 15000.00 to Rs. 30,000.00

The bottom line however cannot be forgotten by the public , that is all these payments made with a flourish for instant political gains by the government are from public funds collected ruthlessly out of tax burdens imposed on the oppressed people, and out of the sweat and toils of the exploited working masses.

As usual , a sordid minister of the government which is never in short supply of such hypocritical scoundrels had instigated pavement hawkers of Panadura to burn an effigy of Nandana Gunatileke while sarcastically thanking him for resigning from the government.

So now , with the exodus of disillusioned and disconcerted government members the continuous burning of their effigies can also be expected – the only solution the bankrupt moribund Rajapakse regime has for the burning problems of the abysmally and acutely suffering people .

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by     (2014-11-17 17:17:03)

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