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| Photographs Colombo Telegraph |
UNP MPs and supporters called for democracy, protesting against police inaction over the alleged assault of UNP MPs demonstrating outside Hambantota police station on April 17.
"We want democracy", "We want rule of law", "we want an independent police service" read placards in English and Sinhala.
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"[The] recent incident was not just an attack on a group of UNP MPs but was a serious blow to democracy in the country," acting UNP leader Karu Jayasuriya was quoted as saying by the Daily Mirror.
Former UNP leader and Hambantota District MP, Sajith Premadasa, and MP Harsha de Silva were amongst those who took part.
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| Photograph tweeted by MP Harsha de Silva |
Party leader, Ranil Wickramasinghe, is currently studying and lecturing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
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