We have to write about the land of our birth with a heart full of sorrow. The sufferings of not only those of us who are writing this, but also those of other media colleagues, but also those of all the people of Sri Lanka, have reached such a point that none of us can imagine how the suffering will end.
The pain and suffering of people who cannot live comes out of anger and hatred. They are now inhuman. The rulers are still playing football on the backs of the people.
It has already been revealed that there is some scheming between Namal, who is a close friend of the Minister of Petroleum, and the purchase of Qatar fuel. But Namal Rajapaksa has denied everything.
Now the managers and employees of the petrol stations are stealing fuel under the protection of the state or security forces and the police. Almost all fuel stations sell fake fuel. In many fuel stations, employees charge 2000 rupees to fill a motorcycle with fuel and take it out of the shed. They charge 5000 rupees for vehicles like cars. While the people are watching, this movement is being carried out successfully by the presence of police and army personnel. But neither the police nor the army personnel were bound to investigate the sale.
What is happening today in Moratuwa between the air force and the civilian population is an incident that happened because of the tireless work of the Minister of Petroleum and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the owners of the shed. We are informed that this incident took place when the people, who were angry over an incident of non-delivery of coupons, went to snatch a firearm from an Air Force officer. The incident was caused by a bad process by the manager of the fuel station. This is due to an irregularity he has done while giving coupons.
The security forces or the police are not deployed to provide fuel at fuel stations. They are deployed only to control riots near fuel stations. But the employees of the fuel stations are now carrying out their fraudulent activities under the protection of the state. The people attacked the employees of the fuel stations because of their corrupt practices at that time.
Our correspondents say that due to the fault of the manager of the fuel station, the people have been angrily abusing the Air Force personnel since morning. After that, a person who was there spat at the airmen and then went to grab the firearm of a soldier who was there, this incident happened.
Above the video is the beginning and the middle as well as the end. In that incident, if necessary, the air force could have fired and driven away the rioters. But it is clearly seen in the video that the airmen are controlling the rioters using minimum force. It is clear that all those airmen are handling it very well according to the situation. As reported to us, several people who behaved drunk have been handed over to the police by the Air Force.
It is reasonable for people to get angry when they are hungry, have no fuel to earn money to live and work. What should be done is to provide fuel to the essential employees from the fuel stations of the military, aviation, navy and the police. Almost every camp has fuel stations.
