The Ministry of Public Security has issued a statement regarding the news published by several newspapers and websites on the last 15th under the headline “America intervenes to make the NGO law in Sri Lanka”.
The announcement states that the American State Department did not intervene in the preparation of laws on non-governmental organizations as stated in the news.
But the Ministry of Public Security informs that discussions have been held five times with the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alas and the National Union of Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Organizations in order to prepare the Non-Governmental Organizations Law.
Below is the announcement issued by the Ministry of Public Security,
