President Maithripala
Sirisena or Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has not issued a
statement explaining the reasons not to arrest UNP Parliamentarain
Palitha Thewarapperuma who demonstrated an utterly despicable behavior
on Sunday.
MP Thewarapperuma, who strongly resembled former
Minister Mervyn Silva, made Pradeshiya Sabha member Murugan Pushpakumar
kneel in public as a punishment.
Although UPFA Parliamentarian Mahinda Samarasinghe
had lodged a complaint with the Police Department over the incident, no
action has so far been taken to arrest the Parliamentarian.
“When we set up a party office in my own
electorate, a group of thugs led by UNP Parliamentarian Palitha
Thewarapperuma, came there and threw rotten eggs at the office,”
Samarasinghe said addressing a press briefing at the SLFP Headquarters.
Thewarapperuma’s behavior was in stark contrast to
the principles of good governance upon which the present government was
formed nearly one and a half weeks ago.
President Maithripala Sirisena has repeatedly
stated that under the new government action would be taken against
wrong-doers irrespective of their positions.
Although Thewarapperuma’s behavior has been
illustrated in media with video evidence, no action has so far been
taken to bring the unruly Parliamentarian to books.
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