Aiming at the 2024 presidential election, the new alliance will start its operations under the leadership of Kurunegala District Member of Parliament Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, the operational leader of the new alliance, Gampaha District Member of Parliament Nimal Lanza, the founder of the new alliance, and Puttalam District Leader of the New Alliance, Member of Parliament Priyankara Jayaratne, in Rajagiriya today (01). Held at New Alliance Headquarters.Sri Lanka Latest News
Mr. Nimal Lanza, founder of the alliance, who spoke there,
“I believe that an election must be held this year and it must be the presidential election. If the President wants, he can even hold the parliamentary, provincial council and local council elections. The opinion of the opposition is that the parliamentary elections will be called. My opinion is that the President will call the presidential election. 71 people in the Parliament contested from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, who do not represent the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and who do not represent them after competing with other political parties. All 71 are not currently representing those parties. Representing those 71 people, he started a new discourse in the parliament to create a new alliance. We will be able to form the alliance that represents the largest number of MPs in the Parliament, and the largest number of parties representing the Parliament.
The political operations of the new alliance will be actively started from today. During the presidential election, our team is working as a strong team to support the President as a broad team. We won everywhere we worked. Some leaders had to accept defeat by doing what we told them not to do. Those who did what we said gradually came up. There is an election between truth and falsehood presented to the people. It can be said that any party will give these things. But it can’t be done. Money cannot be cut from trees. Can’t even be created. The price of goods will increase from today. Both the President and the government know that people are blaming. People should be told this truth, truth and reality, no matter how much people criticize. Therefore, we have a great responsibility to tell the truth to the people. Kaiyanayakas can brag. You can lie. You can say that you give anything. But it can’t be done.
Mr. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, New Alliance Operations Leader, who spoke there,
“Politics is in a state of confusion today. We ruled as a left camp from 1994 till May 9 last year. We created a great force in this country. A great deal of work has been done in this country. A new generation is brought into politics. They got certain positions. We were able to appoint our presidents four or five times. But in the end, our whole politics was destroyed because of someone inexperienced, doesn’t understand, and doesn’t understand what politics is.
The people of our districts have helped my politics for forty years. These people in the political ranks have helped me to enter parliament seven times. Leaving them, it is difficult for me to go for profit or any other matter. Even when I was given a ministry position, they said that we would not accept it. We said that because we thought that our people should be authentic. Because we want to be honest with those who led us and helped us. We have no desire to distance ourselves from the people by holding only positions.
New Alliance Operations Office Head Siripala Amarasinghe, trade union heads and representatives of many supporting parties participated in this event.