Minister sets bad example, breaks travel restrictions

Everyone is equal, but some are more equal is an old quote from the famous book Animal Farm by George Orwell. And so it is in this resplendent isle.

While everyone is asked to adhere to strict travel restrictions and lockdowns, a Cabinet Minister showed the way to break all those requests of his own government. He went with his family from the North Western Province to Riverstone in the cool climes of Matale in the Central Province.

Then disaster struck. Though the site is popular among tourists for its scenic beauty, it is also well known for its leeches. The Minister's daughter was bitten by leeches so badly that she had to be rushed by the Minister’s security detail to the nearby Dambulla hospital for treatment.

Elsewhere, police were warning or turning away hundreds of persons for violating the travel restrictions and were seen putting up checkpoints on main roads to ensure people adhered to COVID- 19 regulations.

“One law, one country” is the Minister’s government’s credo.