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VIDEO: UNP questions President’s visit to Belarus during Pillay’s arrival in SL
August 26, 2013 01:53 pm
The UNP questioned as to
why President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Belarus during the visit of the UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay.
UNP General Secretary, MP Tissa Attanayake questioned as
to why the President would schedule a visit to a country which is known as the
last dictatorial state of the European Union during the visit of the UN High
Commissioner.
Speaking at a press conference held in Colombo today
(August 26) he said that it was wrong that the President ran away from the
country without facing Navi Pillay.
He also spoke about the alleged robbery at journalist
Mandana Abeywickrema’s home in Colombo, stating that it is suspicious that a
group of robbers would remain at her house for so many hours.
Attanayake said that a robbery of this nature has never
been reported in Sri Lanka while he commended the manner in which the police
responded. He charged that the incident was an attack on the media.
