The clock back Independence of the Rajapakse Govt…
Jayalath Jayawardena. UNP M.P. at the UNP Media
Unit today (28 Jan) speaking to the Media asked what right this Rajapakse Govt.
has to celebrate independence after destroying the very foundation and every
objective of independence .
Referring to the Govt.’s open and deliberate actions to destroy
media freedom and freedom of speech of the people, he said, as the Govt. is
unable to solve any of the people’s dire problems of which it is the architect,
it is resorting to tyranny and lawlessness to stifle opposition and people’s
agitation.
Even the Ministers have no discipline. Neither do they know
what the laws of a country mean. The conduct of Minister Mervyn Silva and his
underworld ‘kudu ’gang unlawfully entering a Govt. Institution and attacking a
law abiding News Director bears ample testimony to the fact that the President
has lost control not only over the administration of the country, but also over
his Cabinet of Ministers. With no disciplinary action taken against the
Minister, and a camouflage investigation on the episode by the Police are
strongly suggestive that this assault was manipulated with the assistance of the
higher ups of the Govt. It was alleged that the President has backed and had put
Mervyn on the pedestal on that issue.
Even two days ago, the News Producer, Mawalage of the same
Institution who spoke vociferously on that occasion against Minister’s attack
has been brutally assaulted by a gang. The news producer who was critical is
still in Hospital.
This President is trying to rule the country by implementing
jungle laws with himself and his Ministers surrounded by lackeys of the Police,
political stooges and underworld Kingpins, he exclaimed.
He urged the Media not to cower under these threats and
intimidation. He told them to remember when their colleague’s house is ablaze
their own is at stake.
He also assured the Media that the UNP will always stand by the
Free Media as always as it has nothing to hide. Indeed, it is under the UNP
tenure of Office, the draconian piece of legislation which stifled Press freedom
was abolished, he concluded.
via Sri Lanka News
