{"id":158023,"date":"2016-02-23T23:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T17:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=158023"},"modified":"2016-02-24T03:02:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:32:46","slug":"ecta-not-yet-drafted-but-groups-are-protesting-ranil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ecta-not-yet-drafted-but-groups-are-protesting-ranil\/","title":{"rendered":"ECTA Not Yet Drafted But Groups Are Protesting: Ranil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=10&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/span><\/a> said today that he will not let groups with vested interests create unnecessary problems within the country by spreading rumors and lies about the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=ECTA&amp;x=6&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ECTA<\/span><\/a> with India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ecta-not-yet-drafted-but-groups-are-protesting-ranil\/ranil-wickremesinghe-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-155956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-155956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe--300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Ranil Wickremesinghe\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe--300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-wickremesinghefeb-23-2016\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Addressing parliament he said<\/span><\/a> that certain groups were spreading lies and rumors and trying to set fire to the country by spreading false information about the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement has not even been drafted, it\u2019s still at discussion stage, so on what basis are they protesting?,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister also disclosed that he has instructed the relevant minister to do a draft based on what has been discussed so far and commence discussions with various groups, including political parties represented in Parliament on the proposed agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these protestors are real patriots, instead of protesting on an agreement which has not even been drafted, they should engage in constructive discussions on the matter, but that is not what\u2019s happening here, instead they are spreading baseless lies, and rumors about an agreement that is not even in existence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":155956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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