Anuradhapura shows support for death penalty

A large crowd from the Anuradhapura district came in support of President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to implement capital punishment against the drug traffickers. 

The Presidential Secretariat stall at the Enterprise Sri Lanka Exhibition held at Walisinghe Harischandra Stadium in Anuradhapura gathered public opinion on the death penalty on illegal drug traffickers through digital technology. 

The stall has received a mammoth response from the people who visited the exhibition, stated President’s Media Division. So far, ninety-five percent (95%) have expressed their opinion in favor of the death penalty against drug kingpins.

Religious leaders, school children, university students as well as a large number of professionals and the general public visit the exhibition every day and eagerly participate in this event.

Information on National Programs conducted by the Presidential Secretariat such as Grama Shakthi, Drug Prevention, Kidney Disease Prevention, Food Production, Environmental Protection, Protect the Children,’ Let’s Stand for the Country’, Smart Sri Lanka, Small Scale Development Program and ‘Tell the President’ where the public can directly convey their opinions to the President, are held at the venue of the exhibition.