Sri Lanka’s incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on the Tamil people of the North-East to vote for him in the upcoming presidential elections, calling himself “the known devil”.
Speaking in Jaffna through an interpreter, Rajapaksa said,
"The devil you know is better than the unknown angel… I am the known devil, so please vote for me."
Addressing the election rally alongside Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) paramilitary leader Douglas Devananda, Rajapaksa went on to slam the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) saying,
"They did not use the money given to them to work for you."
Also see our earlier post:
‘No room for anyone to take the country back’ warns Rajapaksa (01 Jan 2015)