COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Citizens of the People's Struggle movement made a formal request to the United Nations requesting for immediate intervention as the government is attempting to suppress the media via a Broadcasting Regulatory Commission.

General Secretary of the Citizens of the People's Struggle, Chanaka Bandara said that Sri Lanka is a member of the UN, and must seek immediate intervention of the United Nations with regard to the legislation that the government with Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is trying to introduce to suppress the people's democracy. 

"Media is the only avenue for the people to exercise their right to information. President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the government is trying to do away with democracy. We wonder if Ranil Wickremesinghe wants to be like Hitler, Mussolini, or even Pol Pot. We do not care if it is Hiru, Sirasa, Derana, Swarnavahini, Rupavahini, or even ITN," he continued. 

"The government is adopting a common policy to suppress the media. The government must understand that it cannot rule dictators forever. The people chased away such rulers," said Bandara. 

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