PM warns voters to be wary of ethnic-oriented parties
Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday warned voters to be wary of giving credence to political parties that favour certain ethnic or religious communities over the other.
In a statement he added that the terror attacks on Easter Sunday took place when such a Government was at the helm.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Premier referred to the 'dangerous consequence of this brand of politics' since "a political party restricted itself to just one ethnic or religious group, becomes a prisoner of circumstances".
"When the extremist preacher Zahran Hashim built himself a small following in the East, communal political parties had to compete for the votes of that group. That enabled this extremist to summon all ...
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