{"id":152379,"date":"2025-10-04T14:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=152379"},"modified":"2025-10-04T14:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:38:58","slug":"security-concerns-for-mahinda-rajapaksa-after-government-vehicles-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/04\/security-concerns-for-mahinda-rajapaksa-after-government-vehicles-withdrawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Security concerns for Mahinda Rajapaksa after government vehicles withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Hru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The withdrawal of all state-provided vehicles for former President, the fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his security detail has created a serious security concern, according to his media spokesperson, Manoj Gamage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamage stated that the bulletproof vehicle provided by the government to Rajapaksa was handed back to the state yesterday (3 October).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that all vehicles allocated for the security personnel have also been recalled, leaving the guards with no transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamage pointed out that the security personnel, who are armed, cannot travel in private vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 This situation, he claimed, places Rajapaksa’s life in a dangerous position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that large numbers of people visit Rajapaksa at his Carlton Residence in Tangalle, and he frequently receives invitations to various public events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering these factors, Gamage emphasised the importance of security authorities paying strict attention to Rajapaksa\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamage described it as “very regrettable” that a former President who led the defeat of the world’s most brutal terrorism faces such a predicament, stressing that ensuring his security is the duty and responsibility of everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He raised a question: “Whose agenda is being fulfilled by reducing Mahinda Rajapaksa’s security in this manner?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamage confirmed that they plan to discuss the matter with security authorities and will formally inform the Inspector-General of Police and the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security in writing next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Hru News The withdrawal of all state-provided vehicles for former President, the fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his security detail has created a serious security concern, according to his media spokesperson, Manoj Gamage. Gamage stated that the bulletproof vehicle provided by the government to Rajapaksa was handed back to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152380,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152379\/revisions\/152380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}