From the security services in India had Sri Lanka got their names, addresses and telephone numbers of a group of jihadists, which, according to the warning of planned attacks against several christian churches and other targets. Despite the detailed information did not intervene in Sri Lanka. On easter Sunday killed more than 320 people in eight suicide attacks.
The past few days statements from the police and senior politicians in Sri Lanka have been contradictory. The lack of response from the lankesiskt hold the looks to hang with the power struggle between president Maithripala Sirisena and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
said he received information about impending terrorist attacks. According to information in several media, he speaks the truth. The security forces, controlled by the president, called not the prime minister and his ministers to any safety briefing. To the country’s two most powerful men trying to keep themselves as far apart as possible is a part of the political everyday life.
Conflict between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe flared up in the fall and infighting crippled the country for several months. The prime minister and the president will from the parties that are longstanding rivals. After the elections four years ago, they decided unexpectedly to interact to force the then president Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose strong position of the other parties feared.
The new coalition quickly became unpopular and it was difficult to get anything done. Cooperation between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe squeaking and last spring, spread rumors that the president tried to find a way to get rid of the prime minister. In October last year, he added. Wickremesinghe admitted that he was referring to the fact that he lost the confidence of parliament. The presidential interpretation of the constitution was considered very doubtful.
over one night and he was replaced by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa but it kuppartade the takeover failed. Wickremesinghe refused to leave his post and Rajapaksa, who is popular among the population, was unable to reign because he lacked a majority in parliament.
During a period of was held; closed, but after a couple of months gave Rajapaksa. For Sirisena, it was a great humiliation when he once again was forced to install Wickremesinghe as prime minister. The ceremony in december took place behind closed doors and Sirisena had banned the media from attending.
since its trying to play off each other may have contributed to the terrorists undisturbed could prepare for the easter protests.
After the attacks has Wickremesinghe and several other ministers said that they would have tightened security around the designated locations if they had to take part of the warning.
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