Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister and UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera said a government cannot be toppled by using arms but only by using votes.
He was addressing a party suppoters’ meeting at Angunakolapelessa.
He said he met as the UPFA General Secretary the Election Commisioner and told him to expedite holding local government elections. He said the Commissioner said the elections will be held in the first quarter of this year. The minister further said the UPFA will support the Development Special Act if it is presented with adjustments conducive to the people and the country.
Amaraweera said a false rumour that the land in Hambantota will be sold to the Chinese is spread by a defeated politicians to gain political advantage. He said a single inch of land in Hambantota will not be sold to the Chinese and that the land will be leased out for a certain period for them to set up industrial ventures to provide employments for jobless youth in the district.