The electorate, however, is wiser than the Opposition Leader suspects. If the UNP is serious about ethnic peace and in ending Lanka's long suffering, it would have backed the PA Government's political proposals. When President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga announced the proposals, she took a path that no political leader from Southern Sri Lanka has taken so far. The political proposals represent one of the farthest points to which a leader from the South could proceed, to meet Tamil aspirations. Most political options have been exhausted.
Perceptive electors are likely to raise such queries.
They can't be fooled by election rhetoric. The Opposition Leader, we are told, lacks flexibility and cordiality in his relations with his colleagues. For instance, he resents opposition to his views.