Deputy Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala says that the country has fallen into a state of war, even though we do not like it. He said this while responding to the debate on the extension of the state of emergency held in Parliament yesterday.
The Deputy Minister, who further commented, said the following.
“We have become a group of onlookers watching a process more horrific than any other in recent history. It is impossible to predict who will become victims in that situation and how. We cannot say when and how responsibilities such as the one that Karapitiya Hospital suddenly had to take on will have to be assumed. It is impossible to predict the impact that such a situation could have on the lives of the people of our country if such a situation arises.
It took Karapitiya Hospital, thousands of miles away from the Gulf region, to be filled with dead bodies in this war in just one day. That is why we must prepare. We must use preventive measures. Imposing a state of emergency does not give us an Iron Dome, but it allows us to prepare as much as possible.”