Latest Indications Show The UPFA Heading Towards Victory On April 2nd

The latest indications based on opinion polls from very credible areas as well as the general mood of the average voter in Sri Lanka indicates a comfortable win for The President and her alliance the United People's Freedom Alliance (the UPFA )where it seems to be almost a foregone conclusion that even though Peace is of the essence, it cannot be bartered for with unrelenting terrorists now embroiled in their own internal conflict of disagreements and disunity.

The previous administration of Ranil Wickremasinghe whose speculative moves appeared to incorporate bending to the LTTE at each given moment of their unreasonable demands and imperil the Nation's Security, gamble with its economy and turn away from corruption within his rank and file and ignoring increasing domestic crime and the bone crushing cost of living imposed on the common man, seems on the verge of the demise of his party as a viable entity to govern as well as having to face probable dark clouds which just might manifest into repercussions of greater proportions for the role he played in the infamous Batalanda massacre involving the JVP, as apparent evidence previously shelved for unknown reasons is beginning to surface as many question the credibility subsequently of what right he had to his previously held status? Daring accusations which appear to have a ring of truth to it as some of the allegations are based on statements from Presidential direction as regrets about not having pursued the matter in depth!!

Sadly the Wickremasinghe led UNF despite being part signatory to the on going peace with the LTTE terrorists does not appear to have delivered what was truly expected of the mandate given to him by the people despite Peace being of the essence as his subordinates holding high office, at least some of them are being exposed of rank missapropriation of public funds and property, misconduct and abuses of power and most importantly have shown great disregard to the real needs of the Nation, its economy, security, sovereignity and territorial integrity which has prompted the President as Chief Executive Officer and Custodian of the Nation to dissolve Parliament and call fresh elections without compunction which a vast majority now believe was the right move to arrest an already deteriorating situation in the country endangered also to subjugation by an infamous, internationally condemned terrorist group who to this day have not relented for past crimes against humanity, given up idealogies towards secession, de-commissioned weapons or indicated sincerity to merge with mainstream Sri Lankan life .This indeed was an issue blatantly ignored by the Wickremasinghe Administration as its rhetoric merely indicated hornblowing and tail praising about having initiated the Peace Process yet failling to convince the People of Sri Lanka that its continuity would be permanent as the Process itself went into an impasse and in all appearances seemed wanting as the LTTE began uttering threats (now toned down having realised its futility and perhaps an aftermath of the recent rift which has probably weakened them both psychologically and physically) about a return to war initially if their own ISGA as immoral and obtuse as it appeared to be was rejected which the President had no qualms about turning down to which the nation has responded with a Bravo Madam!

The general mood of partiality towards returning the UPFA to power has been noticed Islandwide as well as bearing much support from expatriate Lankans and augurs well for the President who has withstood many political cudgels and barrages of accusations about her incompetency to govern, given past records but synonymously the Wickremasinghe Administration has not fared much better in the wake of its mandate and has only itself to blame.

Between the UPFA and the UNF/ UNP there seems to exist a great disparity to entitlement if one looked at the respective manifestos offset against their recent track records where the capabilities towards restitution of the Nations real needs seem to rest more in thre hands of the UPFA rather than the UNF/ PA who certainly had their chances and perhaps squandered it though personal avarice for power and an attitude interpreted by the people as bourgeoisie and self centred taking into consideration the exposees of corruption and misappropriation with statistical evidence to corroborate it.

The possibility of the UNF/UNP having a hidden agenda with the LTTE has not gone unnoticed or unspeculated either as the case may be as there have been many indications through the actions and dialogue of both the LTTE and the Wickremasinghe Administration that a previous legacy of bartering between the Premadasa Administration and the LTTE attested to by certain UNF/UNP squealers might not be entirely impossible and that there was great danger of the Democratic Constitutionalised rights of the Nation being compromised in a bid to hold on to power.

A further alaming feature for the UNF/UNP to consider are the desertions from their ranks and the cross overs to the UPFA by former loyalists and perhaps an indication of things to come as adversity which would further strengthen the National trend towards heralding a new era of governance under a banner of SLFP,JVP,MEP solidarity fortified by the other opposition groups and the particular getting together of the Muslim Community in support of the UPFA which just might be the death knell for thre UNF/UNP who just might end up being also rans!

There should be no apprehensions that the Peace process would be jeapordised as a result of a possible change in the Administration considering the origins of the Peace Process which was first presented by the PA Administration and there have been continued pledges by the President that she would address the needs of the minorities alongside the crying needs left to neglect by the previous Administration which has every likelihood of ending up bemoaning lost opportunities.