[quote]What the UNP has been doing continuously as of late, is to find someone during election time, get them elected and hand them over to the government. There is nothing else that Ranil Wickremesinghe can do, is there?[/quote]

A Coordinating Office of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna was declared open in Horana on Sunday by the Party General Secretary, Tilvin Silva.

Speaking at the event Tilvin Silva expressed the following views,

[quote]Look at what is happening today. The UNP is running around looking for actors and actresses. They are looking for more actresses.[/quote]

He further said,

“They are looking for sportsmen to secure votes. The Alliance is running around looking for an actor and an actress and a sportsman. Why is this? If the UNP has any shame they would not put forward actresses again. At the last general election they put forward an actress from the Gampaha District. She defeated Karu Jayasuriya in preferential votes and was elected. But she was only in the opposition for a week before she crossed over to the government.”

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