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Sri Lanka ruling party manifesto to be unveiled soon
Tue, Dec 29, 2009, 08:49 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 29: Colombo: Sri Lanka's ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will release its election manifesto within the next few days, General Secretary of the party, Minister Susil Premajayantha said today at a media briefing in Colombo.
According to the Minister, the policy statement for this campaign has been extended beyond the Mahinda Chinthana, the 2005 election manifesto.
The 2010 manifesto has taken into account the opinions of all the parties in the alliance and information gathered through numerous surveys, Minister Premajayantha said.
Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama said the UPFA policy statement has focused more attention on the provision of jobs to the youth and to provide solutions to their problems.