Parliamentarian Dullas Alahapperuma notes that a plan is a foot to suppress public dissent using the Prevention of Terrorism Act, in the absence of a state of emergency.

In a tweet, the MP said such attempts must be prevent at the very beginning.

He warned that history has show the consequences of not identifying such warning signings that are detrimental to the civil society.

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