Sri Lankans in UK protest against new constitution

30 Dec  2016

A group of Sri Lankans living in the UK held a protest in London last week, demonstrating against any proposed changes to Sri Lanka’s constitution.

The group waved Sri Lankan flags and brandished placards in Sinhala and English.

Organisers of the demonstration said, “The patriotic Sri Lankans accused the Government of trying to bring on a federal Constitution in substance with a unitary label at the front to hoodwink the Sri Lankan people through the back door as per the wishes of the TNA and the US, UK, EU, Canada etc”.

The protestors also rallied against the current government’s apparent mistreatment of the Sri Lankan security forces and denounced a proposed trade agreement with India.

Whilst many of the placards held by demonstrators were in Sinhala, a few were also written in English.

The placards in English read – “Do Not Touch The Constitution, Stop Constitutional Change, Stop Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka, Do Not Appease Tamil Tiger Terrorists, Tamil Eelam Is In Tamil Nadu Not Sri Lanka, We Do Not Need The Indo-Lanka CEPA-ETCA.”