Four suspects have been arrested over an arson attack and a theft of goods from a hotel built at Gongalakanda jungle in Kolonna said to be owned by Rohitha Rajapaksa, youngest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, a president without a people’s mandate, is on his way to create a Hitler-style regime, alleges leftist leader Sirithunga Jayasuriya.
A massive combined force needs to be built to expel his administration, Jayasuriya told a media briefing organized by the Inter University Students’ Federation on August 23.
“Creating a major people’s force together with the working class led by the leftist forces, and not only the plantation people, but also the Tamil people of the north, has become our task today,” he said.
He said the president would not allow the local government elections to be held in February and March next year, and that he is on his way to form a military police regime.
After promising to the international community to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act as the prime minister of the good governance regime in 2015, Wickremesinghe is using that very act without any shame, he said.
“He may think that through it he would be able to control the people’s rising hatred. We are saying, Ranil you went wrong. Remember Ranil, you went wrong,” said Jayasuriya.
He stressed the need for all to work together for a victory for the people.
The Supreme Court yesterday (23) concluded hearing the nine petitions filed against the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and announced its decision will be forwarded to the Speaker of Parliament.
Fundamental rights petitions are to be filed tomorrow (25) against the arrest and detention of three student activists under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), according to their lawyers.
MP for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Premnath C. Dolawaththa is to present a private member’s bill in order to amend provisions in the penal code which criminalise same-sex sexual activity.
Two directors of the leading local company Entrust Holdings have been remanded until August 31 on charges of having defrauded Rs. 55 million five years ago on the promise of providing US dollars.
The one year remembrance of the late Mangala Samaraweera, a formidable figure in Sri Lankan politics who previously held several ministerial posts, is an apt time to reflect and learn how hard he toiled to make Sri Lanka a developed nation - both economically and socially.