Sri Lankan minister SB Dissanayake said the time has come to protect President Mahinda Rajapaksa as there are attempts to “create another war”, Colombo Gazette reported.
The Higher Education Minister said that groups on the island are attempting to divide the country and destabilise the nation, funded by “powerful countries”.
Dissanayake said he feels the people of Sri Lanka should protect the Rajapaksa and the Sri Lankan government at this “critical juncture”.
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