No more political activities at 23 public grounds in Colombo
Political rallies and meetings will no longer be held at some 23 public grounds located in Colombo and its suburbs including the Hyde Park Corner, the Colombo Municipality said yesterday.
Among the 23 grounds, the renovation works of some ten public grounds had already begun, CMC Commissioner M.K.V.Anura said.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, CMC Commissioner M.K.V.Anura said no political party or trade union would be allowed to hold their rallies and meetings at the grounds including the Hyde Park Corner ground, Maligawatte P.D. Sirisena football ground, Ratnam Ground Colombo 13 and Nawagampura Ground, Colombo which were currently being renovated.
” The Hyde Park Corner Ground is being converted into a foot ball complex,” he said.
“Hyde Park Corner Ground was earlier a football complex used by the public. After the political rallies and meetings started to take place there, the opportunity for the public to use the grounds for sports is lost,” Mr. Anura said.
He said the grounds which were earlier used as a sport complex, later were utilised for political rallies which became a nuisance. Hence such public grounds should be given only to the public.
“The renovation works started at the Hyde Park Corner Grounds are scheduled to be completed in ten days time,” Mr. Anura said.
(Source: Daily Mirror – By Piyumi Fonseka)
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oh this is good news actually a separate place should be made for the political rallies meetings and protests and strictly not allowed in public places because it inconveniences the majority who go on their day to day activities. people get late to work kids late to school etc……etc so give them a place where they can scream their lungs out and go home.
That is an excellent decision.
The taxpayers of Colombo are entailed to return as enjoyment playing soccer in the several grounds and also, use the grounds to cuddle with the sweetheart under an umbrella.
The ageing Marxists and their bulldog followers can go elsewhere to vent their frustrations.
“He said the grounds which were earlier used as a sport complex, later were utilised for political rallies which became a nuisance. ”
Perhaps this decision will be magically changed when the UNP go begging for votes in few years time and the nuisance will be magically transformed into peoples democratic rights or something like that.
Dear Vic
If your surname has any resemblance to Ghoulish inclinations , you fit in to it right squarely. One of the leading pillars of Democracy is freedom of speech. Has this pillar to be sacrificed to reclining sweethearts to cuddle and make free love together ? Even in the very heart of busy London there is the Hyde Park Corner where anybody can vent his opinion on any subject without defaming another person. Judiciary of Sri Lanka has upheld the right to demonstrations on the road . This right has been used by almost all the politicians in SL.
Is it your contention that ‘ the ageing Marxists and their bulldog folloers ‘ should go elsewhere and leave the ‘yahapalanakayas’ to squeeze and bleed this country for themselves ? Do you resent criticism ?
my dear AUJ please do not compare protest in London to Sri-Lanka they do it in a orderly manner not using kids for political advantage and they usually have a cause here there are protest even if some guys have a upset tummy
Very good solution to save Colombo from unwanted meetings .But the government should give trade unions or opposite parties some other alternative place. Like Campel parc ?
Democracy is democracy regardless of which part of the world we are talking about. If Mr had done such a think that would have been against democracy.what a lot of bull shit!!!!.