The economic downfall caused by the governement has plunged the country into a worser situation than countries like Somalia, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday (May 01).
"Tri-forces personnel could have been deployed even in the eleventh hour in a bid to curb the recent terror attacks," the Opposition Leader said during an event at the Kotte Municipal Council.
He also emphasised that foreign countries must not be allowed to intervene into the internal affairs of the country depite lending their assistance towards the government.
"The government has succeeded only in creating power outages and implementing a fuel pricing formula. They never managed to do something better than that," the former President quipped.
While issuing a message in keeping with the May Day, Mr. Rajapaksa insisted that it was everyone's responsibility to protect national security, the country's economy and the rights of the people.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
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