Govt. won Colombo at a huge cost – Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

It was at a huge cost that the government secured Colombo’s mayorship through a secret vote, said Prof. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri.

Holding a secret vote at a time like this is highly questionable, since it disputes the ethical side of politics as well, he said in a video circulated on the Internet.

Especially in a secret vote, people’s representatives cannot choose a candidate according to their conscience, said Prof. Dewasiri.

With a tradition of buying people’s representatives deeply rooted in the country, the government cannot prove otherwise by denying it in the matter of the Colombo mayor, he said.