JVP Politburo Member and former MP Sunil Handunnetti slammed both ‘main’ parties, saying that both the UNP and the UPFA do not discuss policy through their manifestos.

 

Speaking at a press conference today in Colombo, Handunnetti said that both the UNP and the UPFA has once again given a set of promises. He pointed out that this had been the political culture of the country over the past decades.

 

What the country needs is a discussion on policies to be adopted in the next five years, Handunnetti argued. Commenting on the UPFA manifesto he said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has given promises which he could not deliver as the President of the country for 9 years.

 

Handunnetti also criticized the UNP manifesto, adding that if the economic policy suggested by the UNP is adopted, the local industries would be ruined.