Mahinda, Gotabaya should take responsibility for Salawa fire - Akila

June 9, 2016 04:32 pm

The Education Minister today (09) held the former President and former Defense Secretary responsible in connection with the fire that erupted at the Salawa Army Camp in Kosgoda.

Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam pointed out that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa should take the responsibility of the incident owing to their failure to locate the armories in safer locations beforehand. The observation was made at a press conference held in Colombo.

Minister Kariyawasam also blamed the Rajapaksas of not considering measures that should have been taken in a post-war era.

He pointed out that according to the international standards; steps should have been taken to locate the armories in safer locations. Kariyawasam also charged them of neglecting their duties after the conflict.

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