A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, June 1, 2017
A communal riot imminent – state intelligence is silent
Political
and social researchers warn of a communal riot if the violence
unleashed by extremist religious groups aggravates any further. The
situation has become all the more precarious due to government inaction
over statements made recently by Bodu Bala Sena and Islamist extremists,
they say.
State intelligence which should keep a close watch on such incidents is
questioningly adopting a silent approach. Top defence officials say the
once well-organized and effective state intelligence in the country has
now become inactive. The Army intelligence has 7,000 personnel
officially and twice as much unofficially, while policemen attached to
state intelligence number around 4,000.
Their attention has been drawn to the plight of the country, but there
is a delay in its receiving information, say top defence officials.
Previously, such situations were raised at the Security Council, but
that did not happen in the past few weeks, according to them. They
appreciate the cabinets’ having paid its attention to the matter.
The national defence studies institute that functions under the defence
ministry claims to be conducting research on such matters and advising
the government on the required preparedness, but it is a serious matter
that it has not paid attention to this matter at hand. An article
published by ‘Sathhanda’ confirms that staffers of that institute who
are loyal to the previous regime are having their own way at the
institution. The Mahinda Rajapaksa faction wants to destabilize the
country through a communal riot in order to grab power, state
intelligence revealed earlier. However, it has not paid enough attention
any further.
Several joint opposition MPs have said that intelligence members were
discouraged due to the arrests being made over accusations of abductions
and murders during the previous regime. Commenting on that, top defence
officials say that that was no excuse to cover up those crimes, and the
government should get its intelligence to do its duty properly.
Parakrama Dissanayake – Sathhanda