REFUGEE

Several senior ministers had called Temple Trees and requested the officials to inform the President not to permit the likes of Mervyn Silva to get his drunk supporters to shout and disrupt the religious rituals observed by General Sarath Fonseka at the Kelani Rajamaha Vihara. The ministers had made the calls after seeing the ugly actions of Mervyn’s supporters at the temple when it was telecast on television channels last night.

Sources from Temple Trees said a massive number of phone calls objecting to the actions of Mervyn Silva’s supporters had started coming in



to Temple Trees after Sirasa TV telecast the incident.

A Coordinating Secretary of Mervyn Silva when inquired said the decision to disrupt the religious observances was made following a Presidential directive. However, several men carrying the Lion flag who were present at the scene of the incident were attacked by Mervyn’s thugs when they started to shout “Jaya wewa to the future President.”