Journalists and activists took to social media today to voice their dissent against President Maithripala Sirisena barring the media yet again by denying them permission to attend the swearing in of the cabinet ministers today. The President in just the last two months not only barred the media from the illegal swearing in ceremony of MP Mahinda Rajapaksa as the country’s de facto Prime Minister but also blocked them from attending the swearing-in of Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe over the weekend.
Writer Nalaka Gunawardene was seen questioning why the President is afraid of the media and what he is trying to hide. Others reminded that it was the same person who promised to uphold media freedom at all times.
Meanwhile, though the Ministry of Mass Media has been handed over to Minister Mangala Samaraweera sources say the President has expressly requested that Rupavahini Corporation and Lake House remains in his control.
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