Police not concerned in closing down SLFP HQ

40Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa denied any involvement by Police in closing down the Sri Lanka Freedom Get together (SLFP) headquarters constructing on Darley Street, Colombo 10, yesterday (7).

He mentioned that the police have solely offered safety to the premises till it’s opened by the Get together officers who locked its doorways with a view to conduct an investigation over a criticism acquired relating to a set of recordsdata that has gone lacking from the headquarters constructing. The appearing Normal Secretary of the social gathering MP Sarathi Dushmantha Mithrapala had lodged the criticism on this regard with the Maradana Police on Friday (5) morning.

In line with him, the mentioned recordsdata had gone lacking following a press convention performed by a number of former office-bearers of the social gathering who had been faraway from their positions lately.

Nevertheless, when a bunch of social gathering members and office-bearers arrived on the headquarters premises on Saturday (6) morning, it had been locked down and police had been current denying entry to the premises by any particular person.

Accordingly, the gathered members joined by former Normal Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara, Daham Sirisena and in addition the appearing Normal Secretary Mithrapala performed an indication in entrance of the SLFP headquarters towards the transfer to shut down their social gathering headquarters.

Chatting with the media on this event, the Appearing Normal Secretary mentioned that Police have closed down the premises and will not be permitting any individual to enter even into the adjoining auditorium which isn’t related to the criticism lodged by him. He vowed to take motion on violating their elementary rights as effectively.

MP Dayasiri Jayasekara was of the view that what’s going on across the social gathering is a conspiracy by the incumbent authorities to take the social gathering’s assist to the federal government and people who took steps to shut down the headquarters have triggered extreme injury to the social gathering.

It was seen that former President Maithripala Sirisena who was suspended from the put up of social gathering chief was passing the headquarters constructing by his automobile whereas waving hand to the demonstrating social gathering members on Saturday.

The Police Media Spokesman made this assertion in response to a query raised by journalists throughout the police media briefing held yesterday at police headquarters. He mentioned the police are additionally ready till the doorways of the constructing are opened by whoever has locked them with a view to provoke the investigations into the criticism.

Police haven’t any concern relating to the interior social gathering conflicts which is a political matter and the one concern is the alleged theft. By offering police safety it’s anticipated to forestall any conflict between the events concerned within the battle, DIG Thalduwa mentioned.

A collection of political scenes occurred across the SLFP throughout the one week interval ended from April 6.

An Government Committee assembly of the social gathering headed by its chief former President Maithripala Sirisena on March 30 introduced the removing of Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Duminda Dissanayake from their positions within the social gathering as Senior Vice President, the Treasurer and the Nationwide Organizer respectively. They had been changed by former Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake, former Western Province Minister Hector Bethmage and SLFP’s Mahiyanganaya Constituency Organizer Okay.P. Gunawardena. Nevertheless, the Colombo District Courtroom on Monday (1) issued an interim injunction stopping the SLFP Government Committee from eradicating Dissanayake, Amaraweera and Alagiyawanna.

In the meantime, the Colombo District Courtroom on Thursday (4) issued an interim injunction suspending former President Sirisena appearing because the Chief of the social gathering. The courtroom order was based mostly on a criticism filed by former Chief of the SLFP and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.

Quickly after the order towards Sirisena, the three office-bearers eliminated on March 30 visited the Get together Headquarters and held a press convention.The Appearing Normal Secretary had complained that the recordsdata in query have gone lacking following this press convention. He additionally acknowledged that a number of outsiders had been seen conducting press conferences contained in the headquarters constructing even after he had lodged the criticism with police however after that solely the police are barring others from coming into the premises.