Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today slammed the government for weakening the intelligence services over the years.
Making a statement in parliament on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, he said the government should take responsibility for failing to prevent the attacks.
"The government can't shy away from taking the responsibility. It knew about the attacks, but did not warn anyone or any church and made sure that none of the ministers or MPs attended any service," Mr. Rajapaksa accused.
He said the country should be able to eradicate terrorism on its own. "If the government had repealed the PTA as requested by the international community, the situation may have been worse," he said. (Yohan Perera & Ajith Sir...