State media comes under Mangala, Prez keeps Police

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All State media including, Rupavahini, ITN and Lake House have been gazetted under the Finance and Mass media ministry by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Accordingly, duties and functions of all other ministries have also been gazetted last night.

Meanwhile, the President has retained the Police department, three forces and Government Printing Department under him which are come under the Defence Ministry.

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FOUZI Monday, 31 December 2018 06:38 AM

Though the gazette says all the state media institutions are handed over to the Ministry , why has the President kept to himself, the National Media Centre ? Is it to muzzle or to control the media the way his selfish ways tell him ?

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