5 September 2018 03:18 pm
“We have not tried to prevent people or protesters coming to Colombo.We have given them freedom. We have only instructed that the public should not be hindered by the protest,” Wickremesinghe tweeted.
“September 05 is not a public holiday. Schoolchildren and office workers come to Colombo. Many other people, too, come to the city for their needs. We cannot let them to be affected by the protest,” the Prime Minister said.