UMengameli waseSri Lankan uMaithripala Sirisena ngoLwesithathu welule isimo sesimo esiphuthumayo ngenye inyanga. Lesi silinganiso samiswa ngemuva kwamabhomu amaSulumane ngeSonto le-Easter abulala abantu abangu-258.
Isimemezelo sikaMengameli sathi isimo esiphuthumayo, esinika abezokuphepha amandla okubamba nokubopha abasolwa isikhathi eside, sizoqhubeka ezinye izinsuku ezingama-30, kubalulwa “ukuphepha komphakathi.”
ISri Lanka iqale yafaka isibopho esiphuthumayo ukuze ilwisane nabashokobezi bendawo abasolwa ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngo-Ephreli 21 okwakuqondiswe emasontweni amathathu nakumahhotela amathathu kanokusho.
Emasontweni amathathu kudlule ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okuzibulala, kwaqubuka izidubedube zamaSulumane esifundazweni esisenyakatho yenhlokodolobha ngesikhathi kulwa nokuhlaselwa.
AmaKrestu akha amaphesenti ama-7.6 kanti amaSulumane amaphesenti ayi-10 ikakhulukazi amaBuddhist Sri Lanka.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Emasontweni amathathu kudlule ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okuzibulala, kwaqubuka izidubedube zamaSulumane esifundazweni esisenyakatho yenhlokodolobha ngesikhathi kulwa nokuhlaselwa.
- ISri Lanka iqale yafaka isibopho esiphuthumayo ukuze ilwisane nabashokobezi bendawo abasolwa ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngo-Ephreli 21 okwakuqondiswe emasontweni amathathu nakumahhotela amathathu kanokusho.
- The president's proclamation said the emergency, which gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects for long periods of time, would continue for another 30 days, citing “public security.
