Prime Minister warn media institutions which spread racism

Feb 15, 2016

Prime Minister addressing a media in Badulla denounced an announcer in the Derana television channel who castigated a female singer as a bitch during a national day cultural function when she sang the “Danno Budunge” song in an opera tune.

“Specially the electronic media, it can be television or the radio, those belong not to the companies. The telecasting license is given by the government, therefore those belong to the public” Prime minister said.

The Prime Minister said that he would bring the heads of the Derana channel and inquire.

“I would question, whether they conducted a disciplinary action regarding the insult? Would like to render an apology or not? Following that we would take a decision. The reprimanding era of the Rajapaksa has gone. Now it is the time refinement. Have to work with responsibility”

A place for women
The Prime Minister said the international community has welcomed Sri Lanka’s effort of protecting the rights of all citizen’s and to give due respect to all people of the country by joining of the two main political parties.

He said as a first step the government has decided to give 25% women representations to the local government.

“There are 52% of women voters in the country but in the provincial and the local government level there is only a 5% representation.
The Prime Minister said the former presidents group is trying to hinder the proposal brought to increase the women representation in the parliament.