President donates Rs. one million to Sergeant interdicted over Thebuwana incident
Posted by Editor on October 16, 2018 - 9:53 pm
Police Sergeant Sanath Gunawardena who was temporarily suspended following his unruly manner over the releasing of a lorry transporting sand by the Thebuwana OIC on October 3 , met with President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, today (16).
Considering the financial difficulties faced by him due to the temporarily suspension of his service as well as the assistance should be given for the education of his children, President Sirisena donated Rs. one million to the Police Sergeant Sanath Gunawardena.
(President’s Media)
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The entire situation had few different areas to be studied.
According to armed forces and policy rules and regulations, the order given by the superior has to obeyed. It can be wrong or correct, they are abide to follow the orders. So the sergeant in first place didn’t obey to the order given by the superior and protest.
Protesting is a very punishable offence by any armed force personal or police personal. That’s the first side of it.
Secondly, the superior had done a biggest mistake by releasing the errand lorry without taking any statement.
So with the rules and regulations both have done punishable mistakes and president’s fingering is unnecessary.
Its not suitable for any leader to poke into such incidents without knowing the grounds.
This is really shocking.
This Lilly White is actually promoting lawlessness in the country by recognising a criminal Policeman who threatened the safety of the community and his colleagues by walking around with a Machine Gun.
On the same note, the Lilly White should pardon all Drug Dealers and Murderers in Prison including his friend Duminda.
Shameful indeed; we should dump this cut-throat Lilly White earliest.
Has this president got anything better to do?