At the recent LG polls, the UNP secured nine seats, the highest in the MC.
A mayor was due to be chosen on March 28, but only the nine UNP members and another were present at the meeting. Due to a lack of quorum, the meeting was put off.
When the MC met today, the nine UNP, seven SLPP, four UPFA and the JVP members were present.
The UNP nominated D.A. Gamini as the mayor, and the UPFA’s Fernando too, was named. At an open vote, Gamini obtained nine votes, as against 11 for Fernando, while the JVP member abstained.
At the vote for the deputy mayor, SLPP’s Gamini Sri Ananda defeated UNP’s Sayakkara Anura Shantha by 11 votes to nine.
After the meeting, mayor Fernando told the media that he was happy not because he was elected mayor, but that the second salvo had been fired from Hambantota against a government which has a PM who had swindled the Central Bank in broad daylight.
The halted development would resume under Mahinda Rajapaksa, he said, adding that the UNP was not allowed to gain power in the MC.
Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi - Hambantota
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