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R.3...3Andaranaike, Broadcasting to the Nation on Saturday The rrirae Lirister, :.r.3...3andaranaike, broadcasting to the nation on Saturday, said that it was true that their Government party before the Elections had felt that the Public iecurity Ordinance mi.^ht be safely repealed. 3ut what hadhapper.d in recent times had convinced them and alsc,- he was certain - a vast majority of the people that an; Government needed legislation of that type as a safeguard for the people. The following is the text cf the Prime Linister1s mess.-e to the nation:- " s certain misunderstandings appear to have arisen in re ;ard to the Jill that has just been passed by the ^ouse of Representatives to amend the Public Security Ordinance, I wioh to take an early opportunity briefly to explain the position to the public. "I have no doubt at all that the earnest desire of a vast majority of the people of our country is for peace and the preservation of lav; and order, sfhen there Wiis widesoread disorder last I-ay it Secame necessary to enforce the Public -ecurity Ordinance and it will be remembered th^t it was only throu^ch emergency pollers that it was possible once again.to restore order. Unfortunately in many countries today, particularly in .sia, there are conditions where the ordinary law is insufficient to meet certain situa­ tions, e have in our country a democratic form of government. Under such a ,overnment there are various freedoms that individuals enjoy, t the same time there is a responsibility on people to fellow democratic methods in the pursuance of any le;;Ltimate objects they may have, political or otherwise. If certain people are not prepared to follow democratic methods, then it -V becomes necessary for a democratic ~,overnment, in the interests of democracy and the people, to take certain steps to prevent such action. 3efore our government came into rower, many of us were opposed to the then ,*ovemment. \ ..e democratically explained to the people our point of view and enabled them peace filial- by the exercise of their free votes, to decide their wishes at the last general election. 3ome Lay -.dopt Undemocratic Kethods to oeize rower "Jut after our government came into rower, certain sections, on f various issues, whether they be racial, linguistic, politic?.l or otherwise, seem to have started to think on different lines. ..rparently some of them may feel that ordinary democratic methods will not suffice to enable them to obtain their wishes or overturn the government bgr the only democratic method of doing so, i.e. winning the people's siT^rt at a General ..lection, -jid therefore they may be thinking of resortin.• to other methods of creating chaos in the country and causing untold suffering to the people in the "T nnhi mro thai p /"\K •? c r» + e 2 "The people "will remember the happenings of last llay and June. I am sure no one wants any repetition of such or similar happenin. 3. It there­ fore becomes the duty of any government towards the people to take any reasonable measures necessary to ensure peace and lav/ snd order. "To deal -with situations of lawlessness which the ordinary lav/ is insufficient to cope with, there existed only the Public security Ordinance, The provisions of this Ordinance can be utilised only when there is a situation of emergency throu hout the country. It is not possible to use it when there is trouble in any limited area that the ordinary law cannot deal with satisfactorily. Nor can ever, such a snail step be taker a? the decla­ ration of curfew in a limited area for even a few days without declaring a State of Emergency throughout the country. "Last May we had to wait until there was widespread disorder throu/^iout a lar;;e part of the country which could not have been handled by the Police before a otate of-Emergency was declared. The result was that a great deal of damage and suffering was caused which could have been prevented if provisions such as those embodied in the Amending 3LU had been available. Provisions of ..mending 3ill Explained "The /.mending Sill provides - "(l) For the declaration of a Jtate of Emergency, when necessary, in a limited area, without the need to declare the emergency throughout the country, even though only a small area were concerned. "(2) It provides for a declaration of curfew in any necessary place without the need first of declaring a State of Emergency. "(3) It provides that on an occasion of emergency, when the Police are unable to handle a situation of disturbance, to call in the Defence Forces to assist the Police. " It provides also for the declaration of a Service essential to the life of the people as an Essential Service if the need to do so arises. The normal rights of Trade Unions are protected by the exclusion from the operation of this clause of Trade Union action in pursuance o; a trade dispute. ".'.ny of these steps that might be taken will have to be reported within ten days to Parliament, which will have the right to amend or rescind any such order. Amending 3ill Necessary to Safe.^uard r Democracy "I am sure that a lar~e majority of the people of our country who are becoming increasingly alarmed at the growth of lawlessness and the resort to various types of undemocratic action will a,-;ree that the .^mending Sill is necessary for the elementary duty of the government to preserve law and order, and even to safeguard democracy itself. "It is true that our Government Party before the Elections felt that the Public Security Ordinance may be safely repealed. 3ut what has happened ln_recent times has convinced us and also. I am « va^t m^ng^^^^m 3 •. ecrlc vail be entirely free in the exercise of the democratic right of the vote to express their disapproval at the next General Election. "The issue before the people is plain. ..re law and order to be preserved and sofe/^iarded or are possibilities of widespread lawlessness and disorder, amounting perhaps even to revolution, to be permitted a free hand? I have no doubt at all what the answer will be that a vast n£t-;ority of the people will ,<*ive." XXX XXX XXX FU.01IC 3.CUf-1TX .(-.>^IDr^_MT0 BILL PA33AD The Second reading of the Public Security (Amendment) Bill was passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday night by 53 votes to 3. During the Committee Sta^e, the Prime Minister, i.r.S.l-i.R. D. Bandaranaike, moved an amendment to the Bill, exempting a bona fide strike by a trade union from the operation of section 1? of the Bill which dealt with Essential Services. He said that Section 17 was provided to take action during an extra­ ordinary situation, but in response to representations made, the .eovernment had decided to clarify the provision by the proposed amendment. The amend­ ment ensured that Section 17 could not be used in the case of a bona fide trade dispute. He added that Section 17 would be used in those extremely rare cases where the strike weapon was employed for some purpose entirely divorced from any kind of industrial dispute. Such a case,he hoped, would never arise in this country. All other cases of industrial disputes would be taken outside that Section. The Prime Minister then moved the Third Eeading of the Bill which was passed by 47 votes to 3. Opposition Members Protest Cver Bill ^'-arlier on Thursday ni.-ht twelve 'Opposition Kembers of Parliament were carried out of the Chamber of the House of Representatives after they had been named and suspended for defying the authority of the -peaker, who upheld the motion of closure of the debate moved.by the Prime Kinister These M.Ps Were Dr.K.M. Perera (leader of the Opposition) Mr, Edmund Samarakkody, hr. Anil ::oonasin£he, t.r.J.C.T. Kotelawala, Mr.I.G.Jayasin#ie, Mr.herrill Fernando, i.r.l:,P. Jothipala, Dr.Hector Fernando, I.r.Robert C-unawardene, I'Ir.Leslie Goonewardenej Dr.Colvin R.J. -diva and I-r.C.R, Beligammana. After these members had been carried out in succession, another twelve Opposition !..P's walked out in protest. They were I:r.Bernard Soysa, Mr. Cholomondely C-oonewardene, iirs.Vivienne Goonewardene, Kr.-H.D.Banda, Major C..-..Dharmapala, Kr.^.A.3. Hurulle, Kr.3..„ Feeris. hr.I.fc.2.A. Iriyagolle, I-lr.S.J.V. Chelvanayakam, Hr.C.Vanniasin^ham, Mr.M.R.Iiajavarothiam and -.r.V.A. .JLe^acone. P J.."Makes -Statement - Cn Friday the Prime riinister, in a statement to the press, said that it was- most regrettable that the Opposition had deliberately forced.such'a situation on the Speaker and the Government but apparently they had wished to make a dramatic demonstration. If that was so, their purpose had been served. The speaker's authority, which was so necessary for Parliamentary work, had also been vindicated, he added. /(contd) The following is the text of his statement :- "I see that Dr.&.i.. Perera, Leader of the Opposition, has made a statement to the papers regarding last ni "Jit's incident in Parliament that is likely to create an utterly wrens impression in the minds of the "cublic. It is, therefore, necessary for me to explain the true position. "Then the Bill to amend the Public Security Ordinance was taken up for its Second Reading week before last, two whole days were devoted to its discussion.
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