7 October 2019 10:51 pm
UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra denied reports which said she was trying to forcibly enter the election office today and ultimately ended up among a large crowd of SLPP supporters.
“Some websites yesterday said I tried to enter the election office by force and the crowds started jeering at me when I was turned away. This was totally false as I was misdirected by senior police officers. My vehicle got stuck in the traffic and then I asked some police officers as to how I could get to the election office without a problem and they escorted my vehicle towards a large crowd of SLPP supporters who jeered at me and shouted at me in obscene language,” she said.
“I also blame my personal security officers as they too did not find out the correct route to avoid the crowd and traffic,” she added.
Ms. Premachandra said she would lodge a complaint with the IGP and the police headquarters and also would file a complaint with the elections office. (Yohan Perera)