Please let's not get distracted by #DumindaSilva's pardon. This was always due to happen. It's ironic that this gov is now piously requesting all of us not to 'play politics' with political prisoners and that we must all rally around to ensure justice 1.
(contd) especially for those who have been arrested under the PTA. Then slipping in #DumindaSilva in the process to those who clearly deserve to be pardoned is a classic move. But that's not the point right now 2.
While we are all expressing shock about DS, the gov is bringing in the KNDU Bill that will #militarise higher education; setting up corps to sell valuable property; quietly moving around pub officials who are blocking/questioning dodgy deals; compromising our energy and food sec3
People are losing livelihoods and incomes and #COVID19SL is nowhere under control. The cost of living has become unbearable for most. As it is now patently obvious, lockdown is simply a tool to prevent people from protesting on the daily disasters this government is generating
Let's not be distracted by the little dramas that the government enacts periodically but focus: this government is a disaster and it cannot be allowed to continue in this manner. All our efforts must zero in on that goal 5.
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