The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) hailed the decision by Sri Lanka’s leading Tamil coalition to back New Democratic Front (NDF) candidate Sajith Premadasa in the forthcoming Presidential election.
“The TNA's decision to support NDF candidate Sajith Premadasa in the Presidential election should be lauded . Their unconditional support is good news," said the Leader of ACMC, Vanni District MP Rishad Bathiudeen.
Bathiudeen was addressing an election rally in support of NDF Presidential candidate Sajit Premadasa in Salambakulam, Vavuniya on 3 November. Addressing the Salambakulam meeting, Bathiudeen reminded that Sri Lankan minorities were united during 2015 Presidential elections too.
“Tamils and Muslims supported the common candidate Maithripala Sirisena in the 2015 Presidential election and got him elected as the President. The minorities are uniting this time to elect Sajith Premadasa and he will be the winner this time,” Bathiudeen said adding that the majority of the Sri Lankan minorities now support Sajith Premadasa.
Speaking on the opposition, Bathiudeen said: “The racists within the opposition Presidential Candidate’s camp will be silenced once Sajith wins this election. They harassed Muslims after the Easter Sunday attacks to fan the flames of communalism within the majority community so that their votes would increase within the majority, thereby returning them to power.”
"If the opposition Presidential candidate wins and returns to power, the minorities of Sri Lanka should be ready to face lawless, racist tyranny", he added.
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