From that time to the 1999 Presidential election, there was peace in the electorate. Mr. Reginald Perera said that according to the agreement reached, they would not display banners or cut-outs in the electorate nor will they pressurise people to vote for them. Mr. Perera said his election campaign in the Mahara electorate was very much similar to that of former PA MP Dalas Alahapperuma. Posters, banners and cut-outs create room for misunderstanding which result in bickering and fighting. At times there is fighting among their own kith and kin, parents against their own children, children against their own brothers and sisters.
People divide themselves into different camps and fight against each other.
The Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha recently passed a resolution to ensure an incident free election. It was welcomed by the candidates including the Deputy Minister and the former UNP MP representing Mahara. Alahapperuma said that he would not even display his number for preference vote. If the candidates had been living with their people throughout, they need not display posters, banners and cut-outs.