What would be our way forward under MR new regime?

After long and disturbing campaign, General Elections held today, 8t April.
There will be 14 million voters with 8700 candidates to elect 196 MPs through the people's votes and 29 from the national list propotinately to each political party votes received.
What a big mess during past 2 months after the announced the general election? How much money spent by the candidates, speciallythe ruling party candidates? How did they earn those money to run their election campaigns?
Most importantly, the cometeton was among the same party candidates as that is the only way to get the highest votes and be elected as a MP.
Predicent Mahinda Rajapakse, requested from the people a strong parliament with majority youth representation. At the begining, they expected 2/3 majority and the later stage of the campaign they realized 2/3 majority is impossible and gave up the idea.
With the news coming up from various sources, some of the powerful ministers are also in a fear as there would be some computer gimmick again this time to drop them from the list to the parliament, eventhough they take the required preferential votes in their respective districts.
But, the UNP, the main opposition party of the country also in the opinion that they could form a government as the TNA, DUF and UNP will get the majority representation at the Parliament.
So, there is only few more hours to see what has happened and we all are awaiting to learn the way we as social movements, NGOs, trade unions with different political ideologies and different views on on going development process.
We have initiated the dialogue and will continue with concern all.

Herman Kumara,
08.04.10