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President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> today heavily criticized the protests and hartal campaigns that were carried out in the country.<\/p>\n

\"Mahinda_Rajapaksa4_1\"<\/a>Speaking at the opening of the fuel storage facility and a re-fuelling terminal at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport and the Magampura Harbour yesterday, the President was extremely critical particularly of hartal campaigns.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the conflict period, the LTTE<\/span><\/a> killed people irrelevant of their ethnicity. Certain groups that didn\u2019t dare stage a single hartal campaign during the LTTE period have now started them. Large scale (maha-loku) hartal campaigns are organized for even the most minor incidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He was careful not to mention which hartal campaign or protest he was referring to. However, the most recently held hartal was organized by the Muslim Rights Organization last week<\/span><\/a> in the wake of anti-Muslim violence that erupted in Aluthgama<\/span><\/a> and Beruwela. It was carried out in several Muslim dominated areas in the country including parts of Colombo, calling for the immediate arrest of culprits responsible for the clashes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The President also said he would not allow any one community to betray, down-trod or suppress another. \u201cThe fate of this nation should not fall into the hands of any of these minor factions of this country \u2013 we cannot stand by and let it happen,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, he promised the law will be promptly enforced on \u2018certain\u2019 incidents that have occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtremists on both sides have carried out actions that has incited racism; it is time both sides stopped it,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

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