Field Marshal wants people on the roads

By Saman Indrajith

SJB Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has called on people to learn from their counterparts in England if they want to see democracy and righteousness upheld in this country.

Participating in the debate on interim Budget proposals, Field Marshal Fonseka told Parliament yesterday that a Lankan expatriate doctor in London had called him and lamented that people were not taking to the streets against using police and anti-riot squads on protesting undergraduates.

“It was so sad to watch the police and anti-riot squads beating protesters, the other day. People should not look while the police are attacking their fellow countrymen. I was told that if such a thing happened in England, citizens would have taken to the street and remained there until the IGP resigned. I call on Lankan people to learn from the British.”