The leader of the PHU Udaya Gammanpila, who is an MP aligned to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, has asked President Maithripala Sirisena to order the whipping of the organisers of a concert featuring Enrique Iglesias, as he had the authority to order such punishment, the DailyMirror reported.
Mr Gammanpila, who gained the third-highest number of votes in Colombo during the general election, said the environment which "made a woman under the influence" of alcohol throw underwear on the stage should be investigated.
“As far as I am concerned, drinking alcohol in public is prohibited but distributing and selling them in public is not illegal according to Sri Lanka’s regulations. The President should be responsible in preventing such indecent concerts taking place in the country in the future,” he said.
The president yesterday called for the organisers to be whipped with toxic stingray tails, after he took offence to the behaviour of some women at the concert, in comments that went viral and became the subject of ridicule around the world.
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