New mayor will not tolerate corruption By Nirmala Kannangara Thanking the Colombo voters who voted for a UNP victory, the new Mayor of Colombo A. J. M. Muzammil said the pledges given in his policy document will be implemented at the earliest. In an interview with The Sunday Leader, Muzammil said that his priority would [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge The UPFA Mayoral candidate for Colombo, Milinda Moragoda came into the electoral race offering a unique policy document that called for participation by all citizens. When it came down to the results of the October 8 polls, however, the UPFA lost by a significant margin. What led to the loss? What plans [...]
By Maryam Azwer The Democratic People’s Front (DPF) under Mano Ganesan secured six seats at the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). In an interview with The Sunday Leader, Ganesan shared his views on what these results mean to the party, and the extent to which the DPF could be expected to lend its support to the UNP. [...]
By Gazala Anver With new mayors elected for the Municipal Councils (MC) in the Colombo District, the question is, what did the previous MCs not do? Speaking for the CMC newly elected Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil, laughed and said his opposition candidate Milinda Moragada says nothing had been done previously. “Therefore everything has to be done [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema -Picture by Thusitha Kumara The mayoral candidate of the governing UPFA for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), Milinda Moragoda said the campaign for the CMC elections was peaceful, contrary to the tradition of election violence. “Traditionally, there is violence experienced during these types of elections,” Moragoda said. He arrived at Allan [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council, Shafeek Rajabdeen, expressed his confidence that the election would be a great success for the party. He further added that the election was paving the way for development in Colombo. Rajabdeen cast his vote at 9.30 a.m. at the Sri [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema – Picture by Thusitha Kumara Democratic People’s Front (DPF) Leader Mano Ganeshan observed that the elections for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) on Saturday (8) would be the beginning of a ‘real’ reconciliation process in post war Sri Lanka. Ganeshan, the DPF’s mayoral candidate for the CMC, cast his vote at [...]
By Maryam Azwer – Pictures by Lalith Perera The chief UNP and UPFA candidates for the Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia Municipal Councils cast their votes early last morning, and despite the small crowds the polling stations in the area drew at that hour, both candidates displayed optimism towards the polls. Shortly after casting her vote at the [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara – Photos by Asoka Fernando The people of Colombo will be given the opportunity to live an ‘honorable’ life, should a UNP municipal council come into power, according to UNP Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe. Speaking to The Sunday Leader after casting his vote at the Thurstan College polling center yesterday (8), he said, [...]
Voters turned up in fair numbers yesterday to cast their votes at polling stations located in the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Municipal Council limits. Five political parties and six independent groups are contesting the election for the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Municipal Council. Residents of the Kotte Municipal Council limits who went to cast their vote at [...]
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