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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Decision to shun EP CM Ahamed countermanded Sampur incident:
By Shamindra Ferdinando-May 30, 2016, 8:47 pm
The
government has countermanded a decision taken by armed forces to
boycott public events attended by Eastern Province Chief Minister Z.A.
Nazeer Ahamed over an incident involving him and Captain I.R. Premaratne
of Sri Lanka Navy at Sampur Maha Vidyalayam on May 20.
Alleging that CM Ahamed had humiliated Captain Premaratne, Commanding
Officer of SLN base at Sampur, the Defence Ministry late last week
announced an unprecedented decision to shun SLMC politician.
The SLMC is a constituent of the UNP-led coalition. Ahamed heads EP
Provincial Administration comprising the UNP, SLFP, TNA as well as the
SLMC.
CM Ahamed told The Island last night that he appreciated the government
intervention. Ahamed said that he deeply regretted the incident though
the military response couldn’t be accepted.
The government has also revoked decision taken by the military to
prevent CM Ahamed from entering security forces establishments.
In a May 27 letter to President Maitripala Sirisena and Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe, CM Ahamed strongly condemned the decision taken by
the security forces to boycott events attended by him.
The government issued fresh instructions in respect of the Defence
Ministry’s intervention following consultations between President
Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Well
informed sources told The Island that the government felt the Sampur
incident couldn’t be allowed to jeopardise what ministerial sources
described as vital political arrangement in the East.