VIDEO: Hunger strike scriptwriter Mahinda and joker is Wimal, says Anura Kumara
July 8, 2010 03:59 pm
In the drama that is unfolding, President Rajapaksa is the scriptwriter while the police and the general public are the supporting actors. NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa is acting the role of the main comedian, said DNA Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Mr. Dissanayake made this statement at a media conference held today
on the hunger strike led by NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa being held
outside the UN office in
This protest has been sponsored by the government from the beginning, Anura Kumara claimed. He said that the police who came to supposedly sort out the situation did not even have a baton, and not a single tear gas canister was to be seen. Furthermore he said that the protesters even attacked the police towards the end of the incident.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake added that neither the police nor the government will react in this way if the protest was led by the members of the opposition. He reminded the way the police reacted to the protest led by the Democratic National Alliance in front of the Fort railway station demanding that the government release retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka who is under military custody.
He said even the Buddhist monks who had attended the protest were removed forcibly and legal action taken against them.
