(December 23, Colombo - Lanka Polity) The release of the election Manifesto of Mr. Siritunga Jayasuriya, Presidential candidate of the United Socialist Party (USP) will take place at National Library and Documentation Services Board, No 14, Independence Avenue , Colombo 7, at 10.30a.m. today (Wednesday).Launching of the Lanka Socialist website of the USP will also take place at the same occasion.
A media briefing will be held by Mr. Siritunga Jayasuriya following this event on issues impacting upon the presidential election, says a USP spokesman.
Two other left wing candidates are also contesting the presidential scheduled to be held on January 26, 2010. They are Dr. Wickramabahu Karunarathna of the Left Front and Wije Dias of Socialist Equality Party.
Let's hope these three guys are pragmatic enough to realise that many a voter will be willing to vote for all three of these guys, in varying orders.
ReplyDeleteIf they start splitting hairs over ideology, as so many Marxists are wont to do, they will be doing a great disservice to humanity as a whole.
I, as a humble voter, admire these guys - all three of them - for coming forward in a selfless way. Unless they had am ideology that is almost quasi-religious they wouldn't do so. I respect them for that, and while they must necessarily work separately one hopes that they train their guns on their common enemies (the racists) and actually encourage voters to exercise all THREE preferences.