Maithripala Sirisena, presidential candidate of the New Democratic Front, says that regardless of what propaganda mechanism the government follows, the people will be driven by their conscience on Jan. 8, 2015. Sirisena was speaking at a public rally held in Beruwala yesterday.

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They are saying that they will do whatever it takes to win the election. They will place fake ballot boxes and print out fake ballot papers to win. This is all just to bring down your winning mentality. However, we will not let this happen. We will not let them win and neither will we let them do whatever it takes to win. How much destruction has this government caused? There are five ministers in the Cabinet who have relatives with ethanol licenses. Over the recent past, you saw how local government representatives and provincial councilors and people even at higher positions than them commit crimes of rape. How many murders? How many consignments of ethanol were found in the harbor? But no punishment was meted out. None of these people have any complaint sheets against them because they are all pets of the Mahinda Rajapaksa family.

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