Use of distorted Lion Flag condemned

Using a Lion Flag without the two coloured stripes representing the minorities at the protest held outside the Bribery Commission on Thursday is an unethical and discriminatory act performed by a certain group of people's representatives.

This act should be condemned and whoever is responsible for this act should be punished, said C.Y.P. Ram, UNP Colombo District Organiser and former member, Western Provincial Council (WPC), in a statement.

There had been a change of Government and people of this country are experiencing a favourable difference in lifestyle socially, politically and economically. The present UNP Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has brought in commendable changes in the country and now all communities can live in peace and harmony, it stated.

"It is very strange to note that responsible representatives of the people such as Dullas Alahapperuma, Udaya Gammampila including others participated in the protest saying that they were not aware of carrying a wrong national flag. "They should have been ashamed to issue a statement like this and it displays their inability and lack of knowledge and communal mentality against the minority communities in this country.

"As citizens of this country it is our duty to know the symbolism of the Lion Flag whereby the orange stripe represents the Tamil community, vertical green stripe the Muslim community and yellow border the people from other cultures living in Sri Lanka.