The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
The Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs said the Government would not permit actions that incite ethno-nationalism and stated that he would make a parliamentary statement the next day on arrests raised by the Opposition Leader. Responding to Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen, he said the matter would be examined and noted broader issues in police stations, including what he described as 182 politically appointed OICs under the previous Government, with decisions to be taken to improve police station effectiveness and responsiveness.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, regarding the arrests mentioned by the Opposition Leader, we will not allow anyone to incite ethno‑nationalism and set the country aflame. I will make a statement on these arrests tomorrow in this Parliament.
¶ 02 Regarding the matter raised by Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen, we will look into it. There are many issues relating to police stations; 182 OICs were politically appointed by the previous Government. We will take decisions to make stations more effective and respond efficiently as you suggested.
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