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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11149156" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/276666_106290826142308_2277284_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Former Minister General (Retd) Anuruddha Ratwatte’s son Mahindra  Ratwatte who is also the brother of  Kandy district MP Lohan Ratwatte  was named as Kandy’s Mayor, despite a policy decision of  the UPFA not  to appoint any member to head the council if a relative was in  Parliament or a provincial council.Mr. Mahindra Ratwatte received the highest number of preference votes  but had a margin only of 800 votes above Sena Dissanayake who has  represented the council for 28 years.Earlier this week President Rajapaksa told Editors of local  newspapers that they had taken a policy decision before the elections  that if a person had received the highest preference votes, but had a  relative in parliament or a provincial council will not be named for the  top post.He said one of the examples was in Negombo where Provincial council  minister Nimal Lanza received the highest votes,  but instead another  person was being named.Accordingly Anthony Jayaweera who came seventh in the list, but has  served the council for more than 25 years was named as the Mayor.The President said that another example was where Minister Sarana  Gunawardena’s brother was not being named to the top post in the  Gamapaha MC. Meanwhile Timesonline learns that Mr. Sena Dissanayaka had expressed his displeasure about the appointment.ST</blockquote>

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