President Mahinda Rajapaksa has warned against the threat posed by social media site Facebook, used by those who are pushing for a change of government in Sri Lanka.
Speaking at a rally in Hanwella, Rajapaksa said the country’s youth was being drawn to believe the propaganda distributed on Facebook, reported Colombo Gazette, adding that some people claimed he would face the same fate as Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The president said that as long as he has the support of the Sri Lankan public, no one will be able to harm him and that he used the powers of the executive presidency to end the war, as the people desired.
Rajapaksa also said he would not remove the High Security Zones, nor would he reduce the military presence in the north, as he will not compromise national security and allow the country to be divided.
“There are High Security Zones in Hambantota and Colombo so how can we just remove High Security Zones in the North? We cannot do that,” he said.