A Drop Of Attendence In State Institutes And Schools Due To " Jana Balaya "Protest Marches

Due to the "Jana Balaya Kolambata "

protest march and Rally organized by the Joint Opposition Group a sharp drop of attendance had been seen at State Institutes and Schools today (05)according to reports.

However State owned and Private Buses as well as Trains have operated as usual without interruption authorities have stated.

After commencing the Protest Marches from several places in Colombo this evening  many office workers had seen standard on roads due to the heavy traffic congestion prevailed many hours it has been revealed.

Majority Of Protesters Attended The Joint Opposition Protest Rally And Sathyagraha CamPaign Had Given Up The Protest And Left

A large number of  protesters who

attended the Protest Rally and a "Sathyagraha" Campaign organized by Joint Opposition Group this evening had given up the protest campaign few hours ago due to lack of facilities received by them and left for their homes it has been reported.

Soon after taking their dinner provided by the organisers of the Protest many people attended the protest had left the Lake House Roundabout where they had staged a protest Rally and Sathyagraha campaign after cleaning the place.

Some had shouted that the protest itself proved a useless one according to reports.Although organisers have planned to keep the protesters till tomorrow morning to show their strength against the government, The plans howrver shattered after majority of the protesters had left the area suddenly .

Meanwhile around 30 persons attended the protest rally from weeraketiya area were admitted to the Colombo National Hospital this evening after developing a stomach ache as a result of poisoning the Milk packettes consumed by them.The Milk packettes were distributed among the crowd by the organisers it has been revealed.

It has been also reported that the many Joint Opposition leaders have booked five star hotel rooms in Colombo city mainly from.Shangri-la, Hilton and Taj ssamudra Hotels to stay tonight during the protest .

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A Person Was Sentenced To 15 Year Rigorous Imprisonment

Puttalam High Court has today (05)

sentenced a 38 year old person a 15 year rigorous imprisonment over raping an underage girl on 09 th of June or a nearby date in 2009 at Dharshanagama ,Anamaduwa area.

The Puttalam High Court Judge had also imposed a Rs.25,000 fine on the accused and if not paying the fine accused will receive an additional one year imprisonment .The Accused was also ordered to pay Rs.100,000 as a compensation to the victim and if not paying he will receive an additional 3 year imprisonment it has been stated.

The Accused is a resident of Dharshanagama in Anamaduwa. 

JVP Presented The 20 Th Amendment On Removing Executive Powers Of President To The Parliament

The leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna

(JVP)has presented the 20th Constitutional Amendment on removing Executive powers of the President to the Parliament today (05).

MP Vijitha Herath has presented the Amendment to the Parliament behalf of JVP which seconded by the JVP Leader MP Anura Kumara Dassanayake.

JVP had earlier handed over the 20 th Amendment to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and General Secretary of the Parliament on 25 th of May and it was gazetted on 09th of July.

Joint Opposition Group MP's were absent during the presentation of 20 th Amendment due to the Jana Balaya protest Rally.

President Maithripala Sirisena waa also attended the Parliament today .

Joint Opposotion Group MP's And Supporters Begun A "Sathyagraha" Campaign

The protesters gathered this evening (05)in front of Lake House Roundabout to attend a Rally organized by the Joint Opposition Group have begun a "Sathyagraha"Campaign approx.an hour ago by lighting candles it has been reported.

Due to the "Sathyagraha"campaign  a heavy traffic is being reported from surrounding roads according to reports.

Meanwhile during the protest Rally held under the patronage of former President Mahinda Rajapakshe this evening near Lake House Roundabout Joint Opposition Members had stated that till  present government goes home  protests  will continue .