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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa yesterday said the party would focus on formulating and giving popularity to their policies as they believe policies would attract voters more than a candidate.
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Rajapaksa expressed these views during a meeting held at party headquarters between members of the SLPP. “There is no other country like Sri Lanka which had to learn a hard lesson from working toward the victory of a particular individual. Therefore we think that policies should be given focus as they have the power to attract voters as much or more than the candidate,” he added.
Rajapaksa said even though they had spent two years building a political party with democratic qualities they would not have wait as long to find a suitable presidential candidate. “During the last Presidential Election, the group that contested under the symbol of swan wanted to defeat Mahinda Rajapaksa. They did not have any plan to develop the county,” he added. Therefore in this election, people will be focused more on what policies the candidates bring to the table, which could be a deciding factor in his view.
He noted that the people of the country had understood the impact of electing an individual instead of policies from the 2015 Presidential Election. Rajapaksa said the SLPP was formed to establish democratic values that according to him had diminished after 2015.
Rajapaksa said priority would be given to the Party and the Party would not take any decision without the consent of the members. He noted SLPP would initiate a project to gather public opinion to improve the party. Under the new project, SLPP expects to visit 3600 villages within the next few months to gather public opinions. Rajapaksa also went on to say these public opinions would be used to formulate the party’s policies and future projects.
