Police engaged only in a counter-attack – Cabinet spokesman
While condemning Tuesday’s assault on Frontline Socialist Party Protestors by the Police, Co-cabinet Spokesman Information, Higher Education and Innovations Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday said that the attack was only a counter-attack made in response to an attack by the protestors and not an attack launched on an order of the Government to suppress the protestors.
Speaking at the Cabinet Media Briefing at the Government Information Department, Dr. Gunawardena informed the media that this incident was deeply discussed at the meeting of Cabinet of Ministers who convened on Wednesday under the auspices of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The President highlighted that any protestor who violates the quarantine law should not be subjected to any assault in the future and they will have to undergo a compulsory quarantine.
He said police officers involved in this incident will also have to undergo a compulsory quarantine of 14 days.
The culture of assaulting protestors prevailed for a long period in the country has been completely changed under the leadership of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the present Government has no intention of suppressing the public, Minister Dr. Gunawardena said.
(Source: Daily News – By Ishara Mudugamuwa)
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This guy is talking like Trump!
Soon, he will say FSP is Antifa!!
Higher Education and Innovations Minister. What higher education in a country even does not have the basic primary education. Where in the world people drive vehicles like lunatics. Where in the world people try to aboard a bus or train before passengers exit. Only higher education they achieve is Raging. (no other university in the world do that) protesting and getting beaten by the police. Some of them sell pens and pencils in bus and train terminals. Some end up cleaning toilets and sweeping roads in foreign countries.
Ranjith. You are such a S.O.B. . You keep on about people cleaning toilets. You make it sound like a crime. It’s a job that earns you a living you dumb Ass.it is because of people like you that the gap in society still prevails.
Look MrStanley Fernando . All what I am saying is this theory based education system we got is utterly utterly useless. Learn practical things like Electricians, plumbing, motor mechanics, brick laying you will be instantly employed anywhere in the world and commanding higher salaries. Our mechanics are the best in the world, our chefs are the best in the world. Isn’t it better than begging for a non existing job and protesting on the roads after wasting years cramming books and raging in those so called universities.
You called me a S.O B. For your information I don’t have even GCSE ” o Level” but my salary is almost what your president and prim minister put together. It is the experience that help me not the paper qualifications..
Mr Stanley Fernando. Last week there were 20,000 graduates pleading for jobs. These graduates even cannot understand that you cannot create jobs for thin air. What they asking is a hand out with a bogus names like, executive engineer, manager or what ever
The issue here is higher education. All I am telling these people is to learn a trade, gain experience and command high salaries working all over the world, instead of wasting their time cramming and raging. And while doing it study and get a degree or what ever you want to be.
The problem in Sri Lanka education system mainly focusing to pass a exam which make life difficult for them and instead of enjoying and gaining knowledge by doing things and gaining experience so that they innovate (the second issue here) new things.
You only learn when you do things.