{"id":96059,"date":"2022-07-23T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=96059"},"modified":"2022-07-23T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T12:45:30","slug":"president-vows-tough-line-against-troublemakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/president-vows-tough-line-against-troublemakers\/","title":{"rendered":"President vows tough line against troublemakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">President vows tough line against troublemakers<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-96060\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"Ranil Wickremesinghe\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2022\/07\/22\/local\/283547\/president-vows-tough-line-against-troublemakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">President Ranil Wickremesinghe vowed to take tough action against anyone resorting to what he called the undemocratic means that led to his predecessor\u2019s ouster. Wickremesinghe said he will not bow to violence after winning a Parliamentary vote to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIf you try to topple the government, occupy the President\u2019s Office and the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, that is not democracy, it is against the law,\u201d Wickremesinghe said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe will deal with them firmly according to the law. We will not allow a minority of protesters to suppress the aspirations of the silent majority clamouring for a change in the political system.\u201d Shortly after his election, he met with elite police and army units guarding the Parliament to thank them for defending key state symbols, his office said. \u201cI am not a friend of the Rajapaksas,\u201d he told reporters at the Gangaramaya temple. \u201cI am a friend of the people.\u201d The new leader earlier invited all political parties in Parliament to join him in addressing the country\u2019s unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of essentials such as food, fuel, and medicines.\u00a0<strong>(AFP)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President vows tough line against troublemakers Source:Dailynews President Ranil Wickremesinghe vowed to take tough action against anyone resorting to what he called the undemocratic means that led to his predecessor\u2019s ouster. Wickremesinghe said he will not bow to violence after winning a Parliamentary vote to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last week. \u201cIf you try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[4743],"class_list":{"0":"post-96059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-ranil-wickremesinghe","9":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President vows tough line against troublemakers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Ranil Wickremesinghe vowed to take tough action against anyone resorting to what he called the undemocratic means\" \/>\n<meta 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