Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 -- The United National Party (UNP) issued a statement today (23) stating that a serious mistake was intentionally committed through the decision to remove the names of monks from the court order obtained against the Buddhist monks who marched from Kandy seeking freedom for Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera and stayed near the Presidential Secretariat.

The party questions the reason why the names of certain monks who were not involved in the relevant process were initially included in the court order, and the statement also notes that misleading the court has occurred through the subsequent removal of those names.

Furthermore, stating that key figures of the present government previously supported the 'Aragalaya' pr...