The chief minister of the Eastern province, Nazeer Ahamed criticised the military's decision to boycott future events over the incident with the navy officer last week, calling instead for everyone to apologise.
Mr Ahamed told a navy officer to "just get out from here" at an event on May 20th in a school in Sampur.
In a letter to the prime minister and president, Mr Ahamed said the navy officer should apologise for his "grossly offensive conduct, an offence under the Penal Code", Colombo Page reported.
"I would not hesitate to express my unequivocal regret and apologies to all those who were present, including the staff and students of the school, the foreign dignitary and the concerned naval officer for my strong but justifiable reaction," he added.
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Mr Ahamed told a navy officer to "just get out from here" at an event on May 20th in a school in Sampur.
In a letter to the prime minister and president, Mr Ahamed said the navy officer should apologise for his "grossly offensive conduct, an offence under the Penal Code", Colombo Page reported.
"I would not hesitate to express my unequivocal regret and apologies to all those who were present, including the staff and students of the school, the foreign dignitary and the concerned naval officer for my strong but justifiable reaction," he added.
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Military bans Eastern CM from camps after he tells officer to 'get out' (26 May 2016)