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Mahinda scotches dissolution rumours
By L.B.Senaratne
Prime Minister and SLFP Presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse scotched rumours of a dissolution of Parliament and said there is no necessity for President Chandrika Kumaratunga to dissolve Parliament before the Presidential election or after.

He said that when he is elected President he would not dissolve Parliament since there is a comfortable majority in the House.

Prime Minister Rajapakse was speaking at the Central Province Governor's Complex to members of the Professional Trade Union Federation and the Kandy District Sauhbagiya Association, on Saturday afternoon. The meeting was presided over by Provincial Councillor Mahinda Abeykoon.

The Prime Minister said there was a malicious mud-slinging campaign against him and even his family members, by the Opposition. He said his desire was to unify the country and see that it progresses on all fronts.

He also said there was no Muslim boys’ school in Kandy and added he would attend to this shortcoming once he is elected President.

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