No restrictions for stage demonstrations – Citizens’ Organizations

Jan 21, 2017

Leaders of Citizens’ organizations express their opposed against governments’ decision on provide specific two venues to stage demonstrations.

“Government has taken a decision to provide two specific venues to stage demonstrations,” said Chameera Perera, Co-convener of Left Centre at a press conference held at CSR in Colombo on Jan 20.

“When the heath sector workers have problems they staged demonstrations in front of ministry of health. Likewise, education sector workers staged demonstrations in front of ministry of education.”

He added, “People have so many problems with the government and they need to stage demonstrations. That is their right to expression. If the government strictly follows their decision on allocate two places in Colombo to stage demonstrations, and then they have to follow the waiting list for stage demonstrations.”

D. M. D. Abeyratne, Chairman of Government Trade Unions Workers Association said that government does not have a right to take such decisions against people’ right to expression

“Government should abolish their decision, if they failed to do that we will take a stern action against the government.”

Lawerence Ferdinando - Colombo