Govt. to Demarcate Locations For Staging Protests

 When the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met senior police officers at Temple Trees last Friday, the police officers informed the prime minister that protests held across Colombo and in locations such as Parliament Road had become a problem for them.  In addition he said, they would be provided with new equipment such as helicopters in the future.  He emphasized  need  for policemen to develop bilingual skills as this would help Sinhalese policemen to work in Tamil and thereby serve the people better.

 In reply to police  worry  he said that the Government is planning to demarcate location in Colombo City where people could stage protests or demonstrations, instead of staging them on the streets and disturbing  public transport.

 Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake, who also participated in the discussions.