Govt Attempting to Suppress Country’s Democracy – Former President Ranil

Ranil accuses govt. of undermining democracy

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday accused the government of seeking to undermine Sri Lanka’s democratic system and weaken the Opposition.Addressing a ceremony at the UNP Headquarters, at Sirikotha, to mark the party’s 80th anniversary, Wickremesinghe said the country’s democratic system was facing a serious threat. He traced Sri Lanka’s constitutional and political development since Independence in 1948, noting that the Republican …